| Mexican dog-faced bat | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Molossidae |
| Genus: | Cynomops |
| Species: | C. mexicanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cynomops mexicanus Jones & Genoways, 1967 |
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The Mexican dog-faced bat (Cynomops mexicanus) is a bat species from Central America. It is found from Nayarit in Mexico to Costa Rica at elevations up to 1500 m.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of C. greenhalli. It roosts in deciduous and evergreen forest, and is usually found near small bodies of water.[1]