
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea | 
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| Superregnum: Eukaryota | 
Familia: Mormoopidae
Genus: Mormoops
 
Species: Mormoops megalophylla 
Subspecies (4): M. m. carteri – M. m. intermedia – M. m. megalophylla – M. m. tumidiceps
Name
Mormoops megalophylla Peters, 1864
Native distribution areas
- South Texas, South Arizona (USA), and Baja California (Mexico) south to North-West Peru and North Venezuela
- Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
- Trinidad
- Margarita Island (Venezuela)
References
Primary references
- Peters, W.C.H. 1864. Über einige neue Säugethiere (Mormops, Macrotus, Vesperus, Molossus, Capromys), Amphibien (Platydactylus, Otocryptus, Euprepes, Ungalia, Dromicus, Tropidonotus, Xenodon, Hylodes) und Fische (Sillago, Sebastes, Channa, Myctophum, Carassius, Barbus, Capoeta, Poecilia, Saurenchelys, Leptocephalus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864: 381–399. BHL
- Smith, J.D. 1972. Systematics of the Chiropteran Family Mormoopidae. Miscellaneous Publication, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History 56: 1–132. BHL Reference page.
Links
- Davalos, L., Molinari, J., Mantilla-Meluk, H., Medina, C., Pineda, J. & Rodriguez, B. 2019. IUCN: Mormoops megalophylla (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T13878A22086060. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13878A22086060.en. Accessed on 10 March 2024.