Mormoops
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Mormoops is a genus of bat
in the family Mormoopidae
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It contains the following species:
Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
in the family Mormoopidae
Mormoopidae
The family Mormoopidae contains bats known generally as mustached bats, ghost-faced bats, and naked-backed bats. They are found in the Americas from the Southwestern United States to Southeastern Brazil....
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It contains the following species:
- Antillean Ghost-faced BatAntillean Ghost-faced BatThe Antillean Ghost-faced Bat is a species of bat in the Mormoopidae family. It is found in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.-References:...
(Mormoops blainvillii) - Giant Ghost-faced Bat (†Mormoops magna)
- Ghost-faced BatGhost-faced BatThe Ghost-faced Bat is a bat in the genus Mormoops. It occurs in Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico. Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela and in Texas in the United States. Mormoops megalophylla is one of only two extant species within it genus, the other being...
(Mormoops megalophylla)