Nomenclature last updated:
6-March-2026 from batnames.org.
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BATS (CHIROPTERA) |
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| SPECIES | COMMON NAME | RANGE | ROOST / NURSERY | OCCURS IN CC? |
| Noctilionidae (fisherman / bulldog bats) | ||||
| Noctilio leporinus | Fishing Bat | Neotropics | Cave, crevice, tree hollow |
Yes |
| Mormoopidae (mustached & ghost-faced bats) | ||||
| Moormops blainvillei | Antillean Ghost-faced Bat | Greater Antilles | Obligate cave | Yes |
| Pteronotus parnellii | Common Mustached Bat | Jamaica, Cuba | Obligate cave | Yes |
| Pteronotus macleayii | MacLeay's Mustached Bat | Jamaica, Cuba | Obligate cave | Yes |
| Pteronotus quadridens | Sooty Mustached Bat | Greater Antilles | Obligate cave | Yes |
| Phyllostomidae (leaf-nosed whispering bats) | ||||
| Macrotus waterhousii | Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat (link to anecdotal story from Windsor House) |
Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Bahama Isls, Cayman Isls, Beata Isls, Mexico |
Cave, tunnel man-made structures |
Yes |
| Glossophaga antillarum | Jamaican Long-tongued Bat | Jamaica | Cave, man-made structures |
Yes |
| Monophyllus redmani | Leach's Single Leaf Bat | Greater Antilles, S. Bahama Isls, Turks and Caicos Isls |
Obligate cave | Yes |
| Artibeus jamaicensis | Jamaican Fruit Bat | Neotropics | Cave, foliage man-made structures |
Yes |
| Ariteus flavescens | Jamaican Fig-eating Bat | Jamaica | Tree crown | Yes |
| Erophylla sezekorni | Buffy Flower Bat | Cuba, Jamaica, Bahama Isls, Cayman Isls, Turks and Caicos Isls |
Obligate cave | Yes |
| Phyllonycteris aphylla | Jamaican Flower Bat | Jamaica | Obligate cave | Yes |
| Natalidae (funnel-eared bats) | ||||
| Natalus jamaicensis | Jamaican Greater Funnel-eared Bat | Jamaica | Obligate cave | |
| Chilonatalus micropus | Cuban Lesser Funnel-eared Bat | Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Providencia Isl (Colombia). |
Obligate cave | Yes |
| Vespertilionidae (verspertilionid bats) | ||||
| Eptesicus dutertreus | Caribbean Brown Bat | Greater Antilles, Bahamas, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Dominica | Obligate cave (?) | Yes |
| Lasiurus degelidus | Jamaican Red Bat | Jamaica | Foliage | ? |
| Molossidae (free-tailed & mastiff bats) | ||||
| Tadarida brasiliensis | Brazilian or Mexican Free-tailed Bat | New World | Cave, man-made structures |
Yes |
| Nyctinomops macrotis | Big Free-tailed Bat | New World | Cave, crevices | |
| Eumops auripendulus | Black Bonneted Bat | Neotropics | Cave, loose tree bark, man-made structures |
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| Eumops glaucinus | Wagner's Bonneted Bat | Neotropics and So. Florida | Cave, man-made structures |
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| Molossus tropidorhynchus | Keel-nosed Mastiff Bat | Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman Islands | Man-made structures, cave |
Yes |
Useful References
Calahorra-Oliart, A., S.M. Ospina-Garcés, and L. León-Paniagua. 2021. Cryptic species in Glossophaga soricina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae):
do morphological data support molecular evidence? Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 102, Issue 1, February 2021, Pages 54–68,
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa116
Clare, E.L., A.M. Adams, A. Z. Maya-Simoes, J.L. Eger, P. D.N. Hebert, and M.B. Fenton. 2013. Diversification and reproductive isolation: cryptic species in the only New World high-duty
cycle bat, Pteronotus parnellii. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13:26.
Genoways, H.H., R.J. Baker, J.W. Bickham, C. J. Phillips. 2005. Bats of Jamaica. Museum Texas Tech Univ. Texas, USA.
National Environment and Planning Agency. 2011. Bat Management Plan for Jamaica 2012-2017. Ecosystems Management Branch, NEPA, Government of Jamaica.
Gannon, M.R., A. Kurta, A. Rodríguez-Duran, and M.R. Willig. 2005. Bats of Puerto Rico. University of the West Indies Press, Mona, Jamaica.
Loureiro L.O., M.D. Engstrom, and B.K. Lim. 2019. Not all Molossus are created equal: Genetic variation in the mastiff bat reveals diversity masked by conservative morphology. Acta Chiropterologica 21(1):51– 64.
Pregill, G.K., R.I. Crombie, D.W. Steadman, L.K. Gordon, F.W. Davis, and W.B. Hilgartner. 1991. Living and Late Holocene fossil vertebrates, and the vegetation of the Cockpit Country, Jamaica. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 353., National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 20pp.
Silva Taboada, G. 1979. Los murciélogos de Cuba. Habana. Editorial de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba.
Wilson, D.E. and R.A. Mittermeier. 2019. Handbook of Mammals of the World, vol. 9, bats. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Wilson, D.E. and D.M. Reeder (eds.). 2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference, 3rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. on-line database