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Ghost-faced and Moustached Bats
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Ghost-faced and Moustached Bats

Mormoopidae

The family Mormoopidae contains bats known generally as mustached bats, ghost-faced bats, and naked-backed bats. They are found in the Americas from the Southwestern United States to Southeastern Brazil.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 17 known species

Moustached Bats

genusPteronotus

ghost-faced bats

genusMormoops

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