The bat fauna of the Caribbean region is diverse.
For the purposes of this article, the "Caribbean" includes all islands in the Caribbean Sea (except for small islets close to the mainland) and the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Barbados, which are not in the Caribbean Sea but biogeographically belong to the same Caribbean bioregion.
Overview
The genera of Caribbean bats are classified as follows: Order Chiroptera Family Emballonuridae Subfamily Emballonurinae: Diclidurus, Peropteryx, Rhynchonycteris, Saccopteryx Family Furipteridae: Furipterus Family Molossidae Subfamily Molossinae: Cynomops, Eumops, Molossus, Mormopterus, Nyctinomops, Promops, Tadarida Family Mormoopidae: Mormoops, Pteronotus Family Natalidae: Chilonatalus, Natalus, Nyctiellus Family Noctilionidae: Noctilio Family Phyllostomidae Subfamily Brachyphyllinae: Brachyphylla Subfamily Carolliinae: Carollia Subfamily Desmodontinae: Desmodus, Diaemus Subfamily Glossophaginae Tribe Glossophagini: Anoura, Glossophaga, Monophyllus Subfamily Phyllonycterinae: Erophylla, Phyllonycteris Subfamily Phyllostominae: Glyphonycteris, Lampronycteris, Lonchorhina, Lophostoma, Macrotus, Micronycteris, Mimon, Phyllostomus, Tonatia, Trachops, Trinycteris, Vampyrum Subfamily Stenodermatinae Tribe Stenodermatini: Ametrida, Ardops, Ariteus, Artibeus, Centurio, Chiroderma, Cubanycteris, Mesophylla, Phyllops, Platyrrhinus, Stenoderma, Uroderma, Vampyrodes Tribe Sturnirini: Sturnira Family Thyropteridae: Thyroptera Family Vespertilionidae Subfamily Antrozoinae: Antrozous Subfamily Myotinae: Myotis Subfamily Vespertilioninae Tribe Eptesicini: Eptesicus Tribe Lasiurini: Lasiurus Tribe Nycticeiini: Nycticeius, Rhogeessa
Greater Antilles and associated islands
The four islands of the Greater Antilles, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, and the surrounding smaller islands are home to a diverse indigenous bat fauna.
Cuba
Cuba, the largest of the Antilles, and its surrounding islands, of which the Isla de la Juventud is the most significant, harbor a diverse bat fauna. Antrozous pallidus †Artibeus anthonyi Artibeus jamaicensis Brachyphylla nana Chilonatalus micropus †Cubanycteris silvai †Desmodus rotundus (=puntajudensis syn.) Eptesicus fuscus Erophylla sezekorni Eumops ferox (formerly included in E. glaucinus) Eumops perotis Lasiurus insularis (formerly included in L. intermedius) Lasiurus pfeifferi (formerly included in L. borealis) Macrotus waterhousii Molossus molossus Monophyllus redmani Mormoops blainvillei †Mormoops magna Mormoops megalophylla (extirpated) Mormopterus minutus Natalus primus Noctilio leporinus Nycticeius cubanus (formerly included in N. humeralis) Nyctiellus lepidus Nyctinomops laticaudatus Nyctinomops macrotis Phyllonycteris poeyi Phyllops falcatus (also Coco, Paredón Grande, Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago) †Phyllops silvai †Phyllops vetus Pteronotus macleayii Pteronotus parnellii †Pteronotus pristinus Pteronotus quadridens Tadarida brasiliensis
Isla de la Juventud
Isla de la Juventud is a large island south of Cuba and politically part of it. Artibeus jamaicensis Brachyphylla nana Chilonatalus micropus Eptesicus fuscus Erophylla sezekorni Lasiurus insularis Macrotus waterhousii Molossus molossus Monophyllus redmani Natalus primus (extirpated) Noctilio leporinus Nyctiellus lepidus Phyllonycteris poeyi Phyllops falcatus (extirpated) †Phyllops vetus Pteronotus macleayii Tadarida brasiliensis
Grand Cayman
Grand Cayman is the largest of the Cayman Islands, a group of British islands west of Jamaica and south of Cuba. Artibeus jamaicensis Brachyphylla nana Chilonatalus micropus (extirpated) Eptesicus fuscus Erophylla sezekorni Macrotus waterhousii Molossus molossus Monophyllus redmani (extirpated) Natalus cf. major (extirpated) Phyllops falcatus Pteronotus parnellii (extirpated) Tadarida brasiliensis
Little Cayman
Little Cayman, also part of the Cayman Islands, is located east of Grand Cayman and just west of Cayman Brac. Artibeus jamaicensis Macrotus waterhousii
Cayman Brac
Cayman Brac is the easternmost of the Cayman Islands. Artibeus jamaicensis Brachyphylla nana (extirpated) Eptesicus fuscus Erophylla sezekorni Macrotus waterhousii Molossus molossus Phyllonycteris poeyi (extirpated) Phyllops falcatus