Mormoops blainvillei

Leach, 1821

Antillean Ghost-faced Bat

Also as Blainville's Ghost-faced Bat.
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Location:Puerto Rico, Luquillo municipality, Mata de Plátano Field Station and Nature Reserve, 18°25′ N, 66°43′ WDate taken:Feb 17, 2013

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6558

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Mormoopidae
Genus : Mormoops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Leach, W.E. 1821-06-21. The characters of seven genera of bats with foliaceous appendages to the nose. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1):73-82.

Original name as described

Mormoops Blainvillii

Other common names

Blainville's Ghost-faced Bat

Type locality

"Jamaica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba · Jamaica · Dominican Republic · Haiti · Puerto Rico

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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Names and synonyms

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Total: 12 names and synonyms.

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