Mormoops
Genus of bats
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Antillean ghost-faced bat's face by Ernst Haeckel (1904) (Mormoops blainvillii) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Mormoopidae |
| Genus: | Mormoops Leach, 1821 |
| Type species | |
| Mormoops blainvillii Leach, 1821 | |