{"id":78,"date":"2020-05-29T16:46:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cbwg-new\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:42:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:42:33","slug":"bat-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cbwg\/bat-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Bats of Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><a name=\"top\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Bats of Colorado<\/h1>\n\t<p><a href=\"\/download\/documents\/cbwg-pdfs\/Colorado%20bat%20key%20July2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Key to bats of Colorado<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(version 2. Schorr and Navo 2014). This revised key includes diagrams and pictures to aid in species identification in Colorado. Please review and let us know if this key matches dichotomies that you have used.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"hide-in-mobile \" style=\"clear:both;width:100%;\"><div id=\"sm\" style=\"float: left; \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/download\/documents\/cbwg-pdfs\/species\/species9_1.jpg\" style=\"height:150px;\" alt=\"Western small-footed myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum) Picture.\" title=\"Western small-footed myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum)\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"sm\" style=\"float: left; padding-left: 5px; \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/download\/documents\/cbwg-pdfs\/species\/species8_2.jpg\" style=\"height:150px;\" alt=\"Yuma myotis (Myotis yumanensis) Picture.\" title=\"Yuma myotis (Myotis yumanensis)\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"sm\" style=\"float: left; padding-left: 5px; \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/download\/documents\/cbwg-pdfs\/species\/species3_2.jpg\" style=\"height:150px;\" alt=\"Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) Picture.\" title=\"Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)\"><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><div >\r\n\t             <table id=\"co_bats\" class=\"display\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\r\n\t\t\t\t <thead>\r\n\t\t\t\t <tr>\r\n\t\t\t\t <th>Family<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t <th>Common Name<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t <th>Scientific Name<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t <th style=\"width:40px;\" ><\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t <\/tr>\r\n\t\t\t\t  <\/thead><tr><td>Molossidae<\/td><td>Big free-tailed bat<\/td><td>Nyctinomops macrotis<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=18\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Molossidae<\/td><td>Brazilian free-tailed bat<\/td><td>Tadarida brasiliensis<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=5\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Allen's big-eared bat<\/td><td>Idionycteris phyllotis<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=19\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Big brown bat<\/td><td>Eptesicus fuscus<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=2\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>California myotis<\/td><td>Myotis californicus<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=11\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Canyon bat (formerly western pipistrelle)<\/td><td>Parastrellus hesperus<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=14\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Cave myotis\r\n<\/td><td>Myotis velifer\r\n<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=21\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Fringed myotis<\/td><td>Myotis thysanodes<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=4\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Hoary bat<\/td><td>Lasiurus cinereus<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=3\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Little brown bat<\/td><td>Myotis lucifugus<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=6\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Long-eared myotis<\/td><td>Myotis evotis<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=7\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Long-legged myotis<\/td><td>Myotis volans<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=12\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Occult myotis\r\n<\/td><td>Myotis occultus\r\n<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=20\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Pallid bat<\/td><td>Antrozous pallidus<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=17\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Red bat<\/td><td>Lasiurus borealis<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=10\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Silver-haired bat<\/td><td>Lasionycteris noctivagans<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=13\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Spotted bat<\/td><td>Euderma maculatum<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=16\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Townsend\\'s big-eared bat<\/td><td>Corynorhinus townsendii<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=1\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Tri-colored bat (formerly eastern pipistrelle)<\/td><td>Perimyotis subflavus<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=15\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Western small-footed myotis<\/td><td>Myotis ciliolabrum<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=9\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vespertilionidae<\/td><td>Yuma myotis<\/td><td>Myotis yumanensis<\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/cbwg\/bat-list\/speciesprofile\/?speciesID=8\"> <button>View <span class=\"hide-in-mobile\">Details<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cbwg-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/06\/Siemers_Skull_bat_cluster_species-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Siemers_Skull_bat_cluster_species-1\" title=\"Siemers_Skull_bat_cluster_species-1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bats of Colorado Key to bats of Colorado\u00a0(version 2. 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