Mormoops megalophylla - #1401
Peter's Ghost-faced Bat
Close-up of head. Also as Leaf-chinned Bat|Old-man Bat.
Geographic Distribution
S Texas, S Arizona (USA), and Baja California (Mexico) south to NW Peru and N Venezuela; Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles); Trinidad; Margarita Isl (Venezuela)
Order/Family
Mormoopidae
Genus
Mormoops
Specific Epithet
megalophylla
Image Location
Venezuela, Monagas, Caripe
Image Date
1977
Photographer
RD Lord