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title: "Ghost-faced Bat"
description: "Mormoops megalophylla — Mamíferos. The ghost-faced bat (Mormoops megalophylla) is a bat in the genus Mormoops."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/ghost-faced-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ghost-faced Bat

> Mormoops megalophylla — Mamíferos. The ghost-faced bat (Mormoops megalophylla) is a bat in the genus Mormoops.

- Scientific name: *Mormoops megalophylla*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 257
- Wikidata: [Q785067](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q785067)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41224](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41224)

## Names

- en: Ghost-faced Bat
- de: Peters Kinnblattfledermaus
- es: Murciélago-barba arrugada

## Countries with the most observations

MX (179), TT (11), BZ (5), EC (4), CO (3), HN (3)

## Summary

The ghost-faced bat (Mormoops megalophylla) is a bat in the genus Mormoops. It is one of only two extant species within its genus, the other being the much smaller Mormoops blainvillii. They are nocturnal and hunt using echolocation.
It gets its name from the unusual appearance of its face, which is due to the flaps of skin that hang from it, its poorly developed nose, and "large, round ears that join across their forehead".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost-faced_bat

## Photo

![Ghost-faced Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ghost-faced-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162092217

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ghost-faced-bat?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).