Bats of the Yucatan Peninsula

Bats belong to the Order Chiroptera. In Mexico, bats have been considered symbols of fertility and life, and also of death and desolation. The vast majority of bats in the Yucatan Peninsula are harmless and the benefits they give us by unconsciously maintaining an ecological equilibrium are a lot greater than what we can imagine.

Here is a list of bat species found here :

Geoffroy's Tailless Bat - Anoura geoffroyi
Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat - Artibeus jamaicensis
Great Fruit-eating Bat - Artibeus lituratus
Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat - Artibeus phaeotis
Tent-Roosting Bat (Thomas' Fruit-eating Bat) - Artibeus watsoni
Thomas's Sac-winged Bat - Balantiopteryx io
Van Gelder's Bat - Bauerus dubiaquercus
Silky Short-tailed Bat - Carollia brevicauda
Seba's Short-tailed Bat - Carollia perspicillata
Wrinkle-faced Bat - Centurio senex
Hairy Big-eyed Bat - Chiroderma villosum
Big-eared Woolly Bat - Chrotopterus auritus
Mexican Big-eared Bat - Corynorhinus mexicanus
Vampire Bat - Desmodus rotundus
White-winged Vampire Bat - Diaemus youngi
Hairy-legged Vampire Bat - Diphylla ecaudata
Velvety Fruit-eating Bat - Enchisthenes hartii
Argentine Brown Bat - Eptesicus furinalis
Black Bonneted Bat - Eumops auripendulus
Dwarf Bonneted Bat - Eumops bonariensis
Wagner's Bonneted Bat - Eumops glaucinus
Pallas's Long-tongued Bat - Glossophaga soricina
Tri-colored Big-eared Bat - Glyphonycteris sylvestris
Underwood's Long-tongued Bat - Hylonycteris underwoodi
Southern Yellow Bat - Lasiurus ega
Northern Yellow Bat - Lasiurus intermedius
Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat - Lonchorhina aurita
Pygmy Round-eared Bat - Lophostoma brasiliense
Davis's Round-eared Bat - Lophostoma evotis
Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat - Macrotus waterhousii
Spear-nosed Bat - Mimon cozumelae
Striped Hairy-nosed Bat - Mimon crenulatum
Black Mastiff Bat - Molossus rufus
Sinaloan Mastiff Bat - Molossus sinaloae
Sinaloan Mastiff Bat - Molossus sinaloae
Ghost-faced Bat - Mormoops megalophylla
Mexican Funnel-eared Bat - Natalus stramineus
Greater Bulldog Bat - Noctilio leporinus
Broad-eared Bat - Nyctinomops laticaudatus
Big Free-tailed Bat - Nyctinomops macrotis
Lesser Dog-like Bat - Peropteryx macrotis
Big Crested Mastiff Bat - Promops centralis
Davy's Naked-backed Bat - Pteronotus davyi
Parnell's Mustached Bat - Pteronotus parnellii
Wagner's Mustached Bat - Pteronotus personatus
Black-winged Little Yellow Bat - Rhogeessa aeneus
Central American Yellow Bat - Rhogeessa tumida
Proboscis Bat - Rhynchonycteris naso
Greater Sac-winged Bat - Saccopteryx bilineata
Little Yellow-shouldered Bat - Sturnira lilium
Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat - Sturnira ludovici
Fringe-lipped Bat - Trachops cirrhosus
Tent-making Bat - Uroderma bilobatum
Little Yellow-eared Bat - Vampyressa pusilla
Spectral Bat - Vampyrum spectrum