Mormoops megalophylla Peters 1864

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).