Mormoopidae, the mustached bats and ghost-faced bats, is a family of insectivorous bats found from the southwestern United States through Mexico, Central America and into South America. Members are named for fringes of stiff hair or fleshy folds around the lips and nostrils, and many roost in exceptionally large colonies in caves, sometimes numbering in the hundreds of thousands. They forage on flying insects, typically in open habitats near their cave roosts.
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ853268, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Mormoopidae
WikipediaIntroductionQuote, Introduction
The family Mormoopidae contains bats known generally as mustached bats, ghost-faced bats, and naked-backed bats.
3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Mormoopidae
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 18
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Mormoopidae
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Mormoopidae" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 31.8 ... "early_interval": "Rupelian"
Wikidata: Mormoopidae
Wikidata Q853268, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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