Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat, Macrotus waterhousii, is a big-eared bat of the family Phyllostomidae. It lives in the Greater Antilles, excluding Puerto Rico, in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica, and on the mainland from Sonora to Hidalgo in Mexico south to Guatemala. It roosts mainly in caves but also in mines and buildings, does not need complete darkness, and is often found within 10 to 30 metres of a cave entrance. It is seen in groups less often than other bats and individuals almost never touch one another, and it typically leaves the roost about 30 minutes after sundown. It is insectivorous, taking mostly moths and butterflies of the order Lepidoptera and grasshoppers and relatives of the order Orthoptera. It hunts by echolocation with a low-intensity, broadband call and also listens for sounds made by the prey itself, which suits cluttered habitat. Males produce mature sperm only from about August to early December, and pregnant females show delayed development of the young. A nematode parasite of its small intestine was described from Mexico in 2015.
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It is found in the Greater Antilles (excluding Puerto Rico) in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica, as well as Mexico (from Sonora to Hidalgo) south to Guatemala.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is found in the Greater Antilles (excluding Puerto Rico) in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica, as well as Mexico (from Sonora to Hidalgo) south to Guatemala.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is found in the Greater Antilles (excluding Puerto Rico) in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica, as well as Mexico (from Sonora to Hidalgo) south to Guatemala.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is found in the Greater Antilles (excluding Puerto Rico) in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica, as well as Mexico (from Sonora to Hidalgo) south to Guatemala.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is found in the Greater Antilles (excluding Puerto Rico) in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica, as well as Mexico (from Sonora to Hidalgo) south to Guatemala.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is found in the Greater Antilles (excluding Puerto Rico) in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica, as well as Mexico (from Sonora to Hidalgo) south to Guatemala.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is found in the Greater Antilles (excluding Puerto Rico) in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica, as well as Mexico (from Sonora to Hidalgo) south to Guatemala.
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It is found in the Greater Antilles (excluding Puerto Rico) in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica, as well as Mexico (from Sonora to Hidalgo) south to Guatemala.
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The species is insectivorous
View the Source2. iNaturalist: Macrotus waterhousii (iNaturalist taxon record)
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"extinct": false
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