Mormoops is a genus of bat in the family Mormoopidae.[1] It contains the following species:
- Antillean ghost-faced bat (Mormoops blainvillii)
- Giant ghost-faced bat (†Mormoops magna)
- Ghost-faced bat (Mormoops megalophylla)
Mormoops Temporal range: Holocene
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Antillean ghost-faced bat's face by Ernst Haeckel (1904) (Mormoops blainvillii) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Mormoopidae |
Genus: | Mormoops Leach, 1821 |
Type species | |
Mormoops blainvillii Leach, 1821
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References
edit- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.