Ghost-faced Bat
Mormoops megalophylla
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyMormoopidae (Ghost-faced and Moustached Bats)
- GenusMormoops (ghost-faced bats)
- SpeciesMormoops megalophylla (Ghost-faced Bat)
Closest Relatives at Calakmul Biosphere Reserve
Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat
Pteronotus mesoamericanus
Tawny Naked-backed Bat
Pteronotus fulvus
Greater Sac-winged Bat
Saccopteryx bilineata
Espirito Santo Free-tailed Bat
Nyctinomops laticaudatus
Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus jamaicensis
Big-eared Woolly Bat
Chrotopterus auritus
Dermanura phaeotis
Artibeus phaeotis
Wrinkle-Faced Bat
Centurio senex
Great Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus lituratus
Cozumelan Golden Bat
Mimon cozumelae
Vampire Bat
Desmodus rotundus
Yellow-throated Big-eared Bat
Lampronycteris brachyotis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Ghost-faced Bat at Calakmul Biosphere Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |