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Evening Bats

Vespertilionidae

 

Vesper bats (family Vespertilionidae), also known as Evening bats or Common bats, are the largest and best-known family of bats.
 

Characteristics

Almost all Vesper bats are insectivores, exceptions being some Myotis and Pizonyx that catch fish and the larger Nyctalus species that have been known on occasion to catch small passerine birds in flight.
 

Range

Worldwide