| Ghost-faced bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Mormoopidae |
| Genus: | Mormoops |
| Species: | M. megalophylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Mormoops megalophylla (Peters, 1864)
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The ghost-faced bat (Mormoops megalophylla) is a bat in the genus Mormoops. It is one of only two extant species within its genus, the other being the much smaller Mormoops blainvillii. They are nocturnal and hunt using echolocation.
It gets its name from the unusual appearance of its face, which is due to the flaps of skin that hang from it, its poorly developed nose,[2] and "large, round ears that join across their forehead".[3]
- ^ Davalos, L.; Molinari, J.; Mantilla-Meluk, H.; Medina, C.; Pineda, J.; Rodriguez, B. (2019). "Mormoops megalophylla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T13878A22086060. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13878A22086060.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Rezsutek, Michael; Cameron, Guy N. (1993). "Mormoops megalophylla" (PDF). Mammalian Species (448). American Society of Mammalogists: 1–5. doi:10.2307/3504289. JSTOR 3504289. S2CID 254007827. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ Steinway, M. (2000). "Mormoops megalophylla". Animal Diversity Web.