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title: "Evening Bat"
description: "Nycticeius humeralis — Zoogdieren. The evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis) is a species of bat in the vesper bat family that is native to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/evening-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Evening Bat

> Nycticeius humeralis — Zoogdieren. The evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis) is a species of bat in the vesper bat family that is native to North America.

- Scientific name: *Nycticeius humeralis*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1433
- Wikidata: [Q1832323](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1832323)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40569](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40569)

## Names

- en: Evening Bat
- de: Schwarzschulter-Abendsegler
- es: Murciélago-crepuscular americano
- fr: Chauve-souris vespérale

## Countries with the most observations

US (821), MX (21)

## Summary

The evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis) is a species of bat in the vesper bat family that is native to North America. Hunting at night, they eat beetles, moths, and other flying insects.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Dawn VanDeman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18879789

## Machine access

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