BATS OF CALIFORNIA1
Order Chiroptera Family PHYLLOSTOMIDAE (Leaf-nosed bats) Macrotus californicus*
Choeronycteris mexicana*
Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae**
California leaf-nosed bat
Mexican long-tongued bat
Lesser long-nosed bat
Family VESPERTILIONIDAE (Plain-nosed or mouse-eared bats)
Myotis lucifugus
Myotis occultus*
Myotis yumanensis
Myotis velifer* Myotis evotis
Myotis thysanodes*** Myotis volans***
Myotis californicus
Myotis ciliolabrum
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Pipistrellus hesperus
Eptesicus fuscus
Lasiurus blossevillii***
Lasiurus cinereus
Euderma maculatum*
Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii*
Antrozous pallidus*
Little brown myotis
Arizona myotis
Yuma myotis
Cave myotis
Long-eared myotis
Fringed myotis
Long-legged myotis
California myotis
Western small-footed myotis
Silver haired bat
Western pipistrelle
Big brown bat
Western red bat
Hoary bat
Spotted bat
Townsend's big-eared bat
Pallid bat
Family MOLOSSIDAE (Free-tailed bats)
Tadarida brasiliensis
Mexican free-tailed bat
Nyctinomops femorosaccus*
Pocketed free-tailed bat
Nyctinomops macrotis*
Big free-tailed bat
Eumops perotis*
Western mastiff bat
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* California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) Species of Special Concern
** Range extension reported by D.G. Constantine (1998) in California Bull. So. Calif. Academy
Sciences 97:49-75; federally listed as endangered in 1988 (Federal Register 53:38456-38460)
***Included on CDFG's (preliminary) revised list of Mammal Species of Special Concern (in
prep.)
SOURCE: CDFG Bird and Mammal Conservation Program (updated 11/96). Species shown in
bold are California-BLM Sensitive Species.
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