Chrysopteron

• Geoffroy's Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) emarginatus

  

  A medium-sized bat with rusty to reddish-brown fur on its back, paler fur underneath, and a distinctive notch in the ears.

• Cape Hairy Bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) tricolor

  

  A bat recorded widely in Africa. A southern African field guide describes reddish-brown fur and roosts in caves and old mine adits.

• Welwitch's bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) welwitschii

  

  Welwitch's bat has a netlike pattern in its wing membrane. Records are scattered across a broad part of Africa.

• Anjouan Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) anjouanensis

  The Anjouan Myotis is documented only on Anjouan in the Comoros. A 2006 survey captured one lactating female in a tunnel near sea level.

• Bocage's Banana Bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) bocagii

  Bocage’s banana bat occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Specimens in a Mozambique survey had copper-to-orange backs and cream-colored undersides and were captured near water.

• Dieter's Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) dieteri

  Dieter's Myotis is known from a specimen collected in the Republic of the Congo. The 2005 paper's abstract describes only one specimen.

• Black-and-orange Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) formosus

  This medium-sized bat has light yellow-brown fur on its back and pale yellow fur underneath. The 2014 review included the Taiwanese population as a subspecies of this species.

• Malagasy Mouse-eared Bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) goudotii

  A small bat restricted to Madagascar. A field survey recorded it in humid forest in the island’s east.

• Herman's Mouse-eared Bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) hermani

  Its orange-and-black wings and interfemoral membrane are striking. In a survey in southern Thailand, one female was caught at night over a seasonal stream.

• Morris's Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) morrisi

  Only two widely separated sites are known, in western Ethiopia and northeastern Nigeria. The species is poorly documented, and its roosting habits and everyday life remain largely unknown.

• Nimba Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) nimbaensis

  This bat is known from its type locality and nearby areas in Guinea’s Nimba Mountains. The study captured two individuals, both emerging from an abandoned mine adit.

• Black-winged Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) rufoniger

  This bat is known primarily from mountain forests in Korea and Taiwan. It has long, dark rusty-orange fur and black wings with orange areas; its diet appears to consist mostly of moths.

• Geoffroy's Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) emarginatus

  A medium-sized bat with rusty to reddish-brown fur on its back, paler fur underneath, and a distinctive notch in the ears.

• Cape Hairy Bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) tricolor

  A bat recorded widely in Africa. A southern African field guide describes reddish-brown fur and roosts in caves and old mine adits.

• Welwitch's bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) welwitschii

  Welwitch's bat has a netlike pattern in its wing membrane. Records are scattered across a broad part of Africa.