Family MORMOOPIDAE

(GHOSTFACED, NAKED-BACKED AND MUSTACHED BATS)

• Smallto medium-sized bats characterized by small eyes, large and funnel-shaped ears and complex lower lips with flap-like outgrowths.

• 5-11 cm.

• Nearctic and Neotropical Regions.

• Arid and semiarid regions to coastal lowlands, tropical rainforest, and montane forests up to elevations of 2700 m.

• 2 genera, 18 species, 24 taxa.

•] species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.