Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat
Macrotus waterhousii
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 119
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat (Macrotus waterhousii) is a species of big-eared bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in the Greater Antilles (excluding Puerto Rico) in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica, as well as Mexico (from Sonora to Hidalgo) south to Guatemala.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat”.