Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat
Pteronotus mesoamericanus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyMormoopidae (Ghost-faced and Moustached Bats)
- GenusPteronotus (Moustached Bats)
- SpeciesPteronotus mesoamericanus (Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat)
Closest Relatives at Calakmul Biosphere Reserve
Tawny Naked-backed Bat
Pteronotus fulvus
Ghost-faced Bat
Mormoops megalophylla
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
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · 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 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve?
About 10% of visitor-days record a Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat sighting in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve?
April has the highest sighting rate for Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.