Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Aeorestes villosissimus villosissimus (E. Geoffroy, 1806)

Murciélago gris, Hoary bat

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Mammalia

Order
Chiroptera

Family
Vespertilionidae

Genus
Aeorestes

Species
villosissimus

Subspecies
villosissimus

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Syn.: Lasiurus cinereus subsp. villosissimus (E.Geoffroy, 1806) (GBIF Secretariat, 2021)

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Present on Santa Cruz, San Cristobal, Floreana, Isabela and Santiago Islands (McCracken et al. 1997).

References

  • GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
  • Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. Ortiz-Catedral, L. (2020) Vertebrate diversity on Floreana Island, Galápagos. Galapagos Research 69: 18-24.
  • Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. (2007) CS/ECU/2006/168 Estudio biologico en Santa rosa y en El Camote, Isla Santa Cruz y en Isla Baltra, previo a la colocacion del Parque Eolico. Informe técnico final para la Fundación Charles Darwin y Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, 43 pp.
  • McCracken, G.F. Hayes, J.P., Cevallos, J., Guffey, S.Z. & Romero, F.C. (1997) Observations on the distribution, ecology, and behaviour of bats on the Galapagos Islands. J. Zool., Lond. 243: 757-770.
  • Niethammer, J. (1964) Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes terrestres de l’îile Idenfatigable (= Santa Cruz), Galápagos. Résultats de l'expédition Allemande aux Galapagos 1962/63. Mammalia 28(4): 593-606.
  • Orr, R.J. (1966) Evolutionary aspects of the mammalian fauna of the Galapagos. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galapagos. Proc. Symposia G.I.S.P., Univ. Calif. Press, Berkeley, p. 276-281.
  • Peterson, R.L. (1966) Recent mammal records from the Galapagos Islands. Mammalia 50: 441-445.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Aeorestes villosissimus villosissimus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20228. Accessed 30 October 2026.