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 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park
Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Tadarida brasiliensis
Eastern Red Bat
Lasiurus borealis
Long-tongued Bat
Choeronycteris mexicana
Pallid Bat
Antrozous pallidus
Hoary Bat
Aeorestes cinereus
Canyon Bat
Parastrellus hesperus
Cave Myotis
Myotis velifer
Evening Bat
Nycticeius humeralis
Vampire Bat
Desmodus rotundus
Southwestern Myotis
Myotis auriculus
Great Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus lituratus
Southern Yellow Bat
Dasypterus ega
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Ghost-faced Bat at Cumbres de Monterrey National Park — 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 |