BATS of JAMAICA

Bats (Order: Chiroptera). Nomenclature follows Nowak (1994)


SPECIES RANGE  
Mormoopidae (moustached bats)
Pteronotus parnellii Widespread  
P. macleayii Greater Antilles  
P. quadridens Greater Antilles  
Moormops blainvilli Greater Antilles  
Noctilionidae
Noctilio leporinus Widespread  
Phyllostomidae (leaf-nosed bats)
Macrotus waterhousii Widespread  
Glossophaga soricina Widespread  
Monophyllus redmani Greater Antilles  
Artibeus jamaicensis Widespread  
Ariteus flavecens Jamaica  
Erophylla sezekorni Greater Antilles  
Phyllonycteris aphylla Jamaica  
Natalidae
Natalus stramineus+ Widespread  
Natalus micropus Greater Antilles  
Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus lynni Jamaica  
Lasiurus degelidus Jamaica  
Molossidae
Tadarida brasiliensis Widespread  
Nyctinomops macrotus ++ Widespread  
Eumops auripendulus Widespread  
Eumops glaucinus Widespread  
Molossus molossus Widespread  
+previously classified as Natalus major
++ previously classified as Tadarida macrotus



 

 

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