Leaf-chinned Bat Mormoops megalophylla

Classification

Mormoopidae [family]
Mormoops [genus] (1)
megalophylla [species]

Classification

Mormoopidae [family]
Mormoops [genus] (1)
megalophylla [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
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  • Bonaire
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  • Curaçao
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Aruba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
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    Notes on presence status Reported by Wagenaar Hummelinck (1940) and Husson (1960) as the subspecies Mormoops megalophylla intermedia (Miller, 1900).

    Publications

    • Bekker, J.P. 1996. The Mammals of Aruba (Mammalia: Chiroptera, Rodentia, Lagomorpha). 1-78. Vereniging voor Zoogdierkunde en Zoogdierbescherming (VZZ).
    • Genoways, H.H., Williams, S.L. 1979. Notes on Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Bonaire and Curaçao, Dutch West Indies. Annals of Carnegie Museum 48: 311-321.
    • Hummelinck, P.W. 1940. A survey of the mammals, lizards and Mollusks. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 1: 59-108.
    • Husson, A.M. 1960. De Zoogdieren van de Nederlandse Antillen. 170. Natuurwetenschappelijke Werkgroep Nederlandse Antillen, Curaçao.
    • Petit, S., Rojer, A., Pors, L. 2005. Surveying bats for conservation: the status of cave-dwelling bats on Curaçao from 1993 to 2003. Animal Conservation 207-217.