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title: "Silver-haired Bat"
description: "Lasionycteris noctivagans — Ssaki. The silver-haired bat is a solitary migratory species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus Lasionycteris."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/silver-haired-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Silver-haired Bat

> Lasionycteris noctivagans — Ssaki. The silver-haired bat is a solitary migratory species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus Lasionycteris.

- Scientific name: *Lasionycteris noctivagans*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 3158
- Wikidata: [Q28972](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28972)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40629](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40629)

## Names

- en: Silver-haired Bat
- de: Silberhaarfledermaus
- es: Murciélago pelo plateado
- fr: Murin argenté

## Countries with the most observations

US (1797), CA (495)

## Summary

The silver-haired bat is a solitary migratory species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus Lasionycteris.

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

## Photo

![Silver-haired Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/silver-haired-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: mai · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348275179

## Machine access

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