Ghost-faced Bat
Mormoops megalophylla
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 148
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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, and "large, round ears that join across their forehead".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Ghost-faced bat”.