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Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat
Miniopteridae

Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat

Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817)

Miniopterus schreibersii, the common bent-wing bat, is an insectivorous bat widespread across many regions of the Old World and Australia.

Eastern Bent-winged Bat
Miniopteridae

Eastern Bent-winged Bat

Miniopterus fuliginosus (Hodgson, 1835)

Miniopterus fuliginosus, the Eastern bent-wing bat, is a bat with defined physical traits and characteristic echolocation call variation.

Spix's Disk-winged Bat
Thyropteridae

Spix's Disk-winged Bat

Thyroptera tricolor Spix, 1823

Spix's disk-winged bat (Thyroptera tricolor) is a small bat with unique suction-adhesive disks that roost head-up in rolled leaves, found across the Neotropics.

Dark Fruit-eating Bat
Phyllostomidae

Dark Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus obscurus (Schinz, 1821)

Artibeus obscurus, the dark fruit-eating bat, is a small neotropical bat found across the Amazon Basin in multiple forest and savanna habitats.

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat
Phyllostomidae

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus planirostris (Spix, 1823)

Artibeus planirostris, the flat-faced fruit-eating bat, is a moderately sized South American bat with three recognized subspecies.

Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat
Phyllostomidae

Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus jamaicensis Leach, 1821

Artibeus jamaicensis, the Jamaican fruit bat, is a medium-sized bat found from Mexico to South America and the Caribbean.

Great Fruit-eating Bat
Phyllostomidae

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818)

Artibeus lituratus is a species with unique heart structures, observed carrying heavy fruit long distances in Panama.

wrinkle-faced bat
Phyllostomidae

wrinkle-faced bat

Centurio senex Gray, 1842

Centurio senex, the wrinkle-faced bat, is a distinctive leaf-nosed bat with two recognized subspecies found across Central and South America.

MacConnell's bat
Phyllostomidae

MacConnell's bat

Mesophylla macconnelli Thomas, 1901

MacConnell's bat (Mesophylla macconnelli) is a monotypic bat species native to South and Central America.

White-lined Broad-nosed Bat
Phyllostomidae

White-lined Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus lineatus (E.Geoffroy, 1810)

Platyrrhinus lineatus, the white-lined broad-nosed bat, is a bat species found across multiple countries in South America.

Honduran White Bat
Phyllostomidae

Honduran White Bat

Ectophylla alba H.Allen, 1892

Ectophylla alba, the Honduran white bat, is a small bright white Central American bat with yellow-orange skin pigmentation.

Common tent-making Bat
Phyllostomidae

Common tent-making Bat

Uroderma bilobatum Peters, 1866

Uroderma bilobatum is a medium-sized striped frugivorous bat found from Mexico to South America and Trinidad.

Aztec Fruit-eating Bat
Phyllostomidae

Aztec Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus aztecus aztecus

Artibeus aztecus aztecus is a large, tailless nocturnal bat subspecies found in Central America with a varied plant and insect diet.

Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat
Phyllostomidae

Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus phaeotis phaeotis

Artibeus phaeotis phaeotis, the pygmy fruit-eating bat, is a small nocturnal frugivorous bat native to Central American tropical deciduous forest.

Honduran Yellow-shouldered Bat
Phyllostomidae

Honduran Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira hondurensis Goodwin, 1940

Sturnira hondurensis Goodwin, 1940 is a nocturnal frugivorous bat that roosts in specific trees and feeds mostly on Solanaceae fruits.

Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat
Phyllostomidae

Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira parvidens Goldman, 1917

Sturnira parvidens is a medium-sized bat found from Mexico through Central America to northern Costa Rica, in varied forest habitats.

Pallas's Long-tongued Bat
Phyllostomidae

Pallas's Long-tongued Bat

Glossophaga soricina (Pallas, 1766)

Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) is a nectar-feeding bat from South and Central America with a fast metabolism.

Geoffroy's tailless bat
Phyllostomidae

Geoffroy's tailless bat

Anoura geoffroyi Gray, 1838

Anoura geoffroyi, Geoffroy's tailless bat, is a medium-sized nectar-feeding bat found across the Neotropics.

Lesser Long-nosed Bat
Phyllostomidae

Lesser Long-nosed Bat

Leptonycteris yerbabuenae Martínez & Villa-R., 1940

Leptonycteris yerbabuenae, the lesser long-nosed bat, is a small nectar-feeding migratory bat found across southern North America and northern Central America.

Long-tongued Bat
Phyllostomidae

Long-tongued Bat

Choeronycteris mexicana Tschudi, 1844

Choeronycteris mexicana, the Mexican long-tongued bat, is a medium-sized nectar-feeding bat found from the southwestern US to Central America.

Big-eared Woolly Bat
Phyllostomidae

Big-eared Woolly Bat

Chrotopterus auritus (Peters, 1856)

Chrotopterus auritus, the big-eared woolly bat, is a large predatory Neotropical bat that has one large pup per cycle over 100 days gestation.

Cozumelan Golden Bat
Phyllostomidae

Cozumelan Golden Bat

Mimon cozumelae Goldman, 1914

Mimon cozumelae, the Cozumelan golden bat, is a lowland Neotropical bat with a known diet and daytime roosting preferences.

pale spear-nosed bat
Phyllostomidae

pale spear-nosed bat

Phyllostomus discolor Wagner, 1843

Phyllostomus discolor, the pale spear-nosed bat, is a robust phyllostomid bat found from southern Mexico to central South America.

Greater Spear-nosed Bat
Phyllostomidae

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Phyllostomus hastatus (Pallas, 1767)

Phyllostomus hastatus, the greater spear-nosed bat, is a large omnivorous Phyllostomidae bat from Central and South America.

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