🦋 Identification Guide

How to Identify Vespertilionidae

63 species · Animalia · Order Chiroptera

Vespertilionidae is a animal family in the Animalia kingdom, order Chiroptera, class Mammalia. The family contains 63 accepted species worldwide.

Key Identification Features

This national park is known for its beech forest, which forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe".
It is marked by distinctive long ears that feature a unique fold.
This species is extremely similar in appearance to the much rarer grey long-eared bat, which was not confirmed as a separate distinct species until the 1960s.
It has distinctive long ears that feature a unique fold.

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Representative Vespertilionidae Species

Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774)

Barbastella barbastellus is a rare, medium-sized European bat with characteristi…

Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817)

Myotis nattereri, or Natterer's bat, is a medium-sized western Palaearctic bat w…

Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817)

Kuhl's pipistrelle is a small, generalist insectivorous bat with a large increas…

Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Plecotus auritus, the brown long-eared bat, is a small Eurasian insectivorous ba…

Corynorhinus townsendii (Cooper, 1837)

Corynorhinus townsendii, Townsend's big-eared bat, is a medium-sized bat found a…

Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821

Scotophilus kuhlii, the lesser Asiatic yellow bat, is a vesper bat found across …

Plecotus austriacus (J.Fischer, 1829)

Plecotus austriacus, the grey long-eared bat, is a fairly large fairly large Eur…

Aeorestes cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)

Aeorestes cinereus, the hoary bat, is a North American bat with documented debat…

Lasiurus borealis (Müller, 1776)

Lasiurus borealis, the eastern red bat, is a medium-sized insectivorous bat foun…

Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825)

Pipistrellus pygmaeus, the soprano pipistrelle, is a small European bat that oft…

Myotis leibii (Audubon & Bachman, 1842)

Myotis leibii, the eastern small-footed bat, is a small North American Myotis ba…

Lasionycteris noctivagans (Le Conte, 1831)

Lasionycteris noctivagans is a medium-sized frosted black bat found across North…

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you identify Vespertilionidae?

Vespertilionidae animals belong to the Chiroptera order in the Animalia kingdom. This national park is known for its beech forest, which forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe". For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.

What are the key characteristics of Vespertilionidae?

Vespertilionidae is classified in the order Chiroptera, class Mammalia, phylum Chordata. It is marked by distinctive long ears that feature a unique fold.

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia · Disclaimer

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