Mormoopidae

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Mormoopidae Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent

Antillean Ghost-faced Bat's (Mormoops blainvillii) face by Ernst Haeckel (1904)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Suborder:	Microchiroptera
Superfamily:	Noctilionoidea
Family:	Mormoopidae Saussure, 1860
Genera
Mormoops Pteronotus

The family Mormoopidae contains bats known generally as mustached bats, ghost-faced bats, and naked-backed bats. They are found in the Americas from the Southwestern United States to Southeastern Brazil.

They are distinguished by the presence of a leaf-like projection from their lips, instead of the nose-leaf found in many other bat species. In some species, the wing membranes join over the animal's back, making it appear hairless. The tail projects only a short distance beyond the membrane that stretches between the hind legs. They are brownish in colour, with short, dense fur.^[1] Their dental formula is:

Dentition
2.1.2.3
2.1.3.3

Mormoopid bats roost in caves and tunnels in huge colonies that may include hundreds of thousands of members, producing enough guano to allow commercial mining. They do not hibernate as some other bats do since they live in the tropics. They feed on insects found close to, or on, bodies of water.^[1]

Classification

The family consists of two genera, containing around 13 species.

FAMILY MORMOOPIDAE

Genus Mormoops Leach, 1821
- Mormoops blainvillii (Leach, 1821) – Antillean Ghost-faced Bat
- Mormoops magna† (Silva-Taboada, 1974) – Giant Ghost-faced Bat
- Mormoops megalophylla (Peters, 1864) – Ghost-faced Bat
Genus Pteronotus Gray, 1838
- Subgenus Chilonycteris Gray, 1839
  - Pteronotus macleayii (Gray, 1839) – Macleay's Mustached Bat
  - Pteronotus personatus (Wagner, 1843) – Wagner's Mustached Bat
  - Pteronotus quadridens (Gundlach, 1860) – Sooty Mustached Bat
- Subgenus Phyllodia Gray, 1843
  - Pteronotus paraguanensis (Linares & Ojasti, 1974)
  - Pteronotus parnellii (Gray, 1843) – Parnell's Mustached Bat
  - Pteronotus pristinus† (Silva-Taboada, 1974) – Prinstine Mustached Bat
- Subgenus Pteronotus Gray, 1838
  - Pteronotus davyi (Gray, 1838) – Davy's Naked-backed Bat
  - Pteronotus gymnonotus (Natterer, 1843) – Big Naked-backed Bat

References

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↑ 1.0 1.1 Macdonald, D., ed. (1984). The Encyclopedia of Mammals. New York: Facts on File. p. 805. ISBN 0-87196-871-1.

v t e Chiroptera families

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria

Yinpterochiroptera (Pteropodiformes)	Craseonycteridae (Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat) Hipposideridae (Old World leaf-nosed bats) Megadermatidae (False vampire bats) Pteropodidae (Megabats) Rhinolophidae (Horseshoe bats) Rhinopomatidae (Mouse-tailed bats)

Yangochiroptera (Vespertilioniformes)	Emballonuridae (Sac-winged bats) Furipteridae (Smoky bats) Miniopteridae (Long-winged bats) Molossidae (Free-tailed bats) Mormoopidae (Ghost-faced bats) Mystacinidae (New Zealand short-tailed bats) Myzopodidae (Sucker-footed bats) Natalidae (Funnel-eared bats) Noctilionidae (Bulldog bats) Nycteridae (Hollow-faced bats) Phyllostomidae (Leaf-nosed bats) Thyropteridae (Disk-winged bats) Vespertilionidae (Vesper bats)

v t e Extant species of family Mormoopidae

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Chiroptera

Mormoops	Antillean Ghost-faced Bat (M. blainvillii) Ghost-faced Bat (M. megalophylla)

Pteronotus	Subgenus Chilonycteris Macleay's Mustached Bat (P. macleayii) Wagner's Mustached Bat (P. personatus) Sooty Mustached Bat (P. quadridens) Subgenus Phyllodia P. paraguanensis Parnell's Mustached Bat (P. parnellii) Subgenus Pteronotus Davy's Naked-backed Bat (P. davyi) Big Naked-backed Bat (P. gymnonotus)

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