Scientific Names of Bats Quiz

Scientific Names of Bats

• Ghost-faced Bat is scientifically known as Mormoops megalophylla.
• California Leaf-nosed Bat has the scientific name Macrotus californicus.
• Mexican Long-tongued Bat is referred to as Choeronycteris mexicana.
• Southern Long-nosed Bat is designated Leptonycteris curasoae.
• Mexican Long-nosed Bat also can refer to Leptonycteris nivalis.
• Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat is known as Artibeus jamaicensis.
• Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is called Diphylla ecaudata.
• Southwestern Myotis is identified by the name Myotis auriculus.
• Southeastern Myotis is classified as Myotis austroriparius.
• California Myotis is recognized by its scientific name Myotis californicus.
• Western Small-footed Myotis is designated as Myotis ciliolabrum.
• Long-eared Myotis is referred to as Myotis evotis.
• Gray Myotis carries the name Myotis grisescens.
• Keen's Myotis is scientifically known as Myotis keenii.
• Eastern Small-footed Myotis is referred to as Myotis leibii.
• Little Brown Myotis is called Myotis lucifugus.
• Northern Myotis is known as Myotis septentrionalis.
• Indiana Myotis is designated Myotis sodalis.
• Fringed Myotis carries the scientific name Myotis thysanodes.
• Cave Myotis is referred to as Myotis velifer.
• Long-legged Myotis is classified as Myotis volans.
• Yuma Myotis is known as Myotis yumanensis.
• Western Red Bat has the scientific name Lasiurus blossevillii.
• Eastern Red Bat is known scientifically as Laiurus borealis.
• Hoary Bat is called Lasiurus cinereus.
• Southern Yellow Bat is designated as Lasiurus ega.
• Northern Yellow Bat is identified as Lasiurus intermedius.
• Seminole Bat carries the scientific name Lasiurus seminolus.
• Western Yellow Bat is known as Lasiurus xanthinus.
• Silver-haired Bat is scientifically identified as Lasionycteris noctivagans.
• Western Pipistrelle is referred to as Pipistrellus hesperus.
• Eastern Pipistrelle is called Pipistrellus subflavus.
• Big Brown Bat is designated as Eptesicus fuscus.
• Evening Bat is identified by its scientific name Nycticeius humeralis.
• Spotted Bat is known as Euderma maculatum.
• Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat carries the scientific name Plecotus rafinesquii.
• Townsend's Big-eared Bat is referred to as Plecotus townsendii.
• Allen's Big-eared Bat is designated as Idionycteris phyllotis.
• Pallid Bat is known by its scientific name Antrozous pallidus.
• Brazilian Free-tailed Bat is called Tadarida brasiliensis.
• Pocketed Free-tailed Bat is classified as Nyctinomops femorosaccus.
• Big Free-tailed Bat has the scientific name Nyctinomops macrotis.
• Wagner's Mastiff Bat is referred to as Eumops glaucinus.
• Western Mastiff Bat, also known as the Bonnet Bat, is designated as Eumops perotis.
• Underwood's Mastiff Bat is called Eumops underwoodi.
• Little Mastiff Bat is known scientifically as Molossus molossus.