Mormoops
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 | |
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| 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 |
References
- Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 25 September 2009
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