There are >1,200 kinds of bats
Of those, I have only seen 107 species, from 16 families. But I'm working on it.
And they only count if I see them in the wild...

Emballonuridae

Diclidurus albus, Lamanai, Belize


Rhynchonycteris naso, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica (image)


Saccopteryx bilineata, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica


Saccopteryx leptura, Lamanai, Belize


Taphozous georgianus, near Rockhampton, Australia


Hipposideridae

Asellia tridens, Hal Tsaror, Israel (image)


Hipposideros commersoni, Kianjavato, Madagascar (image)


Megadermatidae

Macroderma gigas, near Rockhampton, Australia


Miniopteridae

Miniopterus manavi, Kianjavato, Madagascar


Miniopterus schreibersii, near Rockhampton, Australia (image)


Molossidae

Molossus ater, Lamanai, Belize


Molossus molossus, Anguilla, BWI


Tadarida brasiliensis, Austin, Texas (image)


Tadarida teniotis, Sede Boqer, Israel


Mormoopidae

Mormoops megalophylla, Lamanai, Belize


Pteronotus davyi, Lamanai, Belize (image)


Pteronotus parnellii, Lamanai, Belize


Pteronotus personatus, Tamana Cave, Trinidad


Mystacinidae

Mystacina tuberculata, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand (image)


Myzopodidae

Myzopoda aurita, Kianjavato, Madagascar (image)


Natalidae

Natalus tumidirostris, Tamana Cave, Trinidad (image)


Noctilionidae

Noctilio leporinus, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica (image)


Pteropodidae

Epomophorus wahlbergi, Sabi Sands, South Africa


Pteropus conspicillatus, Cape Tribulation, Australia


Pteropus poliocephalus, Brisbane, Australia


Pteropus scapulatus, Cape Tribulation, Australia


Rousettus madagascariensis, Kianjavato, Madagascar (image)


Phyllostomidae

Ametrida centurio, Point Fortin, Trinidad (image)


Anoura geoffroyi, Tamana Cave, Trinidad


Artibeus cinereus, St. Benedicts, Trinidad


Artibeus intermedius, Lamanai, Belize


Artibeus jamaicensis, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica (image)


Artibeus lituratus, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Artibeus obscurus, Tiputini, Ecuador


Artibeus phaeotis, Lamanai, Belize


Artibeus planirostris, St. Benedicts, Trinidad


Artibeus watsoni, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Brachyphylla cavernarum, Anguilla, BWI


Carollia brevicauda, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Carollia castanea, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Carollia perspicillata, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Centurio senex, Lamanai, Belize


Chrotopterus auritus, Lamanai, Belize


Desmodus rotundus, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica (image)


Diaemus youngi, Trinidad


Ectophylla alba, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica (image)


Glossophaga commissarisi, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Glossophaga soricina, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica (image)


Hylonycteris underwoodi, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Micronycteris brachyotis, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Micronycteris microtus, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Micronycteris schmidtorum, Lamanai, Belize


Mimon crenulatum, Lamanai, Belize (image)


Mimon bennettii, Lamanai, Belize


Monophyllus plethodon, Anguilla, BWI


Phyllostomus discolor, Lamanai, Belize


Phyllostomus hastatus, Tamana Cave, Trinidad (image)


Platyrrhinus helleri, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Sturnira lilium, Lamanai, Belize


Sturnira tildae, St. Benedicts, Trinidad


Tonatia brasiliense, Lamanai, Belize


Tonatia evotis, Lamanai, Belize


Tonatia saurophila, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica (image)


Trachops cirrhosus, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica (image)


Uroderma bilobatum, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Vampyressa nymphaea, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Vampyressa pusilla, Lamanai, Belize


Rhinolophidae

Rhinolophus clivosus, Avdat, Israel (image)


Rhinolophus ferrumequinam, near Pierre Perthuis, France (image)


Rhinolophus hipposideros, near Bazoches, France


Rhinolophus megaphyllus, Tocal, Australia


Rhinolophus pusillus, Yiyuen, China (image)


Rhinopomatidae

Rhinopoma hardwickii, hal Tsaror, Israel (image)


Thyropteridae

Thyroptera tricolor, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica (image)


Vespertilionidae

Antrozous pallidus, near Balmorhea Texas, USA


Bauerus dubiaquercus, Lamanai, Belize


Chalinolobus tuberculatus, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand


Eptesicus bottae, Sede Boqer, Israel


Eptesicus brasiliensis, St. Benedicts, Trinidad


Eptesicus furinalis, Lamanai, Belize


Eptesicus fuscus, Toronto, Canada (image)


Lasionycteris noctivagans, Elk Island Provincial Park, Canada


Lasiurus cinereus, Toronto, Canada


Lasiurus ega, Lamanai, Belize


Myotis albescens, Tiputini, Ecuador


Myotis elegans, Lamanai, Belize


Myotis emarginatus, near Pierre Perthuis, France


Myotis goudoti, Kianjavato, Madagascar


Myotis keaysii, Lamanai, Belize


Myotis keenii, Sooke, Canada


Myotis leibii, near Chaffey's Lock, Canada


Myotis lucifugus, Edmonton, Canada


Myotis nigricans, Tortuguero National Forest, Costa Rica


Myotis ricketti, Shandong Province, China (image)


Myotis septentrionalis, Glacier National Park, Canada


Myotis velifer, Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve, Texas


Myotis yumanensis, Squilax, Canada


Nyctophilus geoffroyi, Tocal, Australia


Nyctophilus gouldi, Tocal, Australia


Otonycteris hemprichii, Sede Boqer, Israel (image)


Pipistrellus bodenheimeri, Hal Tsaror, Israel (image)


Pipistrellus capensis, Sabi Sands, South Africa


Pipistrellus kuhlii, Sede Boqer, Israel (image)


Pipistrellus ruepellii, Hal Tsaror, Israel


Pipistrellus subflavus, Gainesville, TX, USA


Rhogeesa tumida, Lamanai, Belize


Scotophilus dinganii, Sabi Sands, South Africa



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