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title: "Canyon Bat"
description: "Parastrellus hesperus — Mammals. The canyon bat (Parastrellus hesperus), also known as the western pipistrelle, or American parastrelle is a species of vesper bat."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/canyon-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Canyon Bat

> Parastrellus hesperus — Mammals. The canyon bat (Parastrellus hesperus), also known as the western pipistrelle, or American parastrelle is a species of vesper bat.

- Scientific name: *Parastrellus hesperus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1170
- Wikidata: [Q47544901](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47544901)
- iNaturalist taxon: [183164](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/183164)

## Names

- en: Canyon Bat
- de: Westliche Amerikanische Zwergfledermaus
- es: Murciélago de Cañón

## Countries with the most observations

US (711), MX (55)

## Summary

The canyon bat (Parastrellus hesperus), also known as the western pipistrelle, or American parastrelle is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Mexico and in the western United States. The species has historically been placed in the genus Pipistrellus, but molecular evidence does not show any close relationship with that genus, and accordingly it was classified into its own genus, Parastrellus, in 2006.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_bat

## Photo

![Canyon Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/canyon-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alejandro Santillana · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6712223

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/canyon-bat?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).