Canyon Bat
Parastrellus hesperus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyVespertilionidae (Evening Bats)
- GenusParastrellus
- SpeciesParastrellus hesperus (Canyon Bat)
Closest Relatives at Big Bend National Park
Pallid Bat
Antrozous pallidus
Hoary Bat
Aeorestes cinereus
Fringed Myotis
Myotis thysanodes
Yuma Myotis
Myotis yumanensis
Western Yellow Bat
Dasypterus xanthinus
Big Brown Bat
Eptesicus fuscus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat
Corynorhinus townsendii
Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Tadarida brasiliensis
Ghost-faced Bat
Mormoops megalophylla
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat
Nyctinomops femorosaccus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Canyon Bat at Big Bend National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |