Mormoops megalophylla (bat)

Mass: 15.1 g based on Graham and Barkley 1984, Fenton et al. 2001, Estrada et al. 1993, López Gonzâlez and García Mendoza 2006, and Schondube et al. 2001

Diet: insectivore based on Freeman 1981, Ochoa et al. 2000, Dumont and Nicolay 2006, and Freeman and Lemen 2010

Abundance: 0.17 to 9.71% (median 1.28%)

Latitudinal range: 16.6° to 26.4°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (5), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

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Found in 12 samples

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Biosphere Reserve Los Petenes (large forest islands), Northern Colima, Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992), Las Grutas, Chamela Biosphere Reserve (dry forest), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (semi-dry forest), La Casa, Cerro Tolistoque, La Ascension, Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (shaded plantation bats), San Luis de la Paz

Size measurements:
body mass16.6 gN = 5Graham and Barkley 1984
♂ body mass13.5 gN = 1Fenton et al. 2001
body mass15 gN = 39Estrada et al. 1993
body mass11.5 gN = 1López Gonzâlez and García Mendoza 2006
body mass15.33 gN = 3Schondube et al. 2001

See also Mormoops