Mormoops megalophylla Peters 1864

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Mormoopidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 426-428 : 427

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scientific name	Mormoops megalophylla Peters 1864
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Treatment

Mormoops megalophylla Peters 1864 , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1864: 381.

Type Locality: Mexico, Coahuila, Parras.

Vernacular Names: Peters's Ghost-faced Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Mormoops megalophylla subsp. megalophylla Peters 1864

Subspecies Mormoops megalophylla subsp. carteri Smith 1972

Subspecies Mormoops megalophylla subsp. intermedia Miller 1900

Subspecies Mormoops megalophylla subsp. tumidiceps Miller 1902

Distribution: S Texas, S Arizona ( USA), and Baja California ( Mexico) south to NW Peru and N Venezuela; Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire ( Netherlands Antilles); Trinidad; Margarita Isl ( Venezuela).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Rezsutek and Cameron (1993).