🦋 Family

Phyllostomidae

32 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Chiroptera › Phyllostomidae

Diphylla ecaudata is a hairy-winged tailless bat related to common vampire bats, found across Central and South America.

Carollia perspicillata is a small to medium-sized neotropical bat that uses highly directional echolocation for orientation.

Carollia sowelli is a bat species with defined size and fur traits that distinguish it from related Carollia species.

The silky short-tailed bat is a Neotropical fruit-eating bat that acts as an important seed disperser in its range.

Micronycteris microtis is a small bat species found across multiple countries in Central and South America.

Macrotus waterhousii, or Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat, is a big-eared Phyllostomidae species found across parts of the Caribbean and Central America.

Macrotus californicus, the California leaf-nosed bat, is a non-migratory desert bat of southwestern North America with unusual reproductive traits.

Lonchorhina aurita is a neotropical bat species that is mostly insectivorous and roosts in sheltered sites in colonies.

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Vespertilionidae 62 species Pteropodidae 25 species Emballonuridae 12 species Rhinolophidae 9 species Hipposideridae 6 species Megadermatidae 4 species Molossidae 4 species Miniopteridae 2 species

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