Greater Bulldog Bat
Noctilio leporinus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyNoctilionidae (Bulldog Bats)
- GenusNoctilio (Bulldog Bats)
- SpeciesNoctilio leporinus (Greater Bulldog Bat)
Closest Relatives at Santa Rosa National Park
Greater Sac-winged Bat
Saccopteryx bilineata
Pallas's Long-tongued Bat
Glossophaga soricina
Great Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus lituratus
Espirito Santo Free-tailed Bat
Nyctinomops laticaudatus
Pallas' Free-tailed Bat
Molossus molossus
Wagner's moustached bat
Pteronotus personatus
Seba's Short-tailed Bat
Carollia perspicillata
Vampire Bat
Desmodus rotundus
Yellow-throated Big-eared Bat
Lampronycteris brachyotis
Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus jamaicensis
Dermanura watsoni
Artibeus watsoni
Southern Yellow Bat
Dasypterus ega
📅 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 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 6 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Greater Bulldog Bat in Santa Rosa National Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Greater Bulldog Bat sighting in Santa Rosa National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Greater Bulldog Bat in Santa Rosa National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Greater Bulldog Bat in Santa Rosa National Park in our monthly data.