Mammalogy - Bats

Matching scientific name to order, family, common name, hibernation patters, endangerment status, and distribution of bats from Tennessee

Corynorhinus rafinesquii

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common Name: Rafinesque’s big-eared bat

Distribution: Statewide

Habitat Summer/Winter: Hollow trees or caves/same

Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Virginia big-eared bat

Distribution: Mountains

Habitat Summer/Winter: caves/caves

Listed as endangered (LE)

Eptesicus fuscus

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Big brown bat

Distribution: Statewide

Habitat Summer/Winter: Tree bark, buildings/caves

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Silver-haired bat

Distribution: Statewide

Habitat Summer/Winter: tree bark or cavities/same but migrate

Lasiurus borealis

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Eastern red bat

Distribution: Statewide

Habitat Summer/Winter: Tree foliage/same

Aeroestes cinereus

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Hoary bat

Distribution: Statewide

Habitat Summer/Winter: Tree foliage/same

Lasiurus seminolus

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Seminole bat

Distribution: Rare

Habitat Summer/Winter: Tree foliage/same

Myotis austroriparius

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Southeastern bat

Distribution: W of TN River

Habitat Summer/Winter: Hollow trees or caves/same

Myotis grisescens

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Gray bat

Distribution: E of TN River

Habitat Summer/Winter: caves/caves

Listed as endangered (LE)

Myotis leibii

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Small-footed bat

Distribution: E of TN River

Habitat Summer/Winter: Talus slopes/caves

Myotis lucifugus

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Little brown bat

Distribution: Statewide

Habitat Summer/Winter: Tree bark/caves

Myotis septentrionalis

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Northern long-eared bat

Distribution: E of TN River

Habitat Summer/Winter: tree bark/caves

Listed as endangered (LE)

Myotis sodalis

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Indiana bat

Distribution: Statewide

Habitat Summer/Winter: Tree bark/caves

Listed as endangered (LE)

Nycticeius humeralis

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Evening bat

Distribution: Statewide

Habitat Summer/Winter: tree bark/same

Perimyotis subflavus

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Common name: Tricolored bat or Eastern pipistrelle

Distribution: Statewide

Habitat Summer/Winter: tree foliage/caves

Proposed listed as endangered (PLE)

Tadarida brasiliensis

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Molossidae

Common name: Mexican free-tailed bat

Distribution: Rare

Habitat Summer/Winter: caves, buildings/same