Giant ghost-faced bat

Giant ghost-faced bat; Temporal range: Early Holocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Mormoopidae
Genus:	Mormoops
Species:	M. magna
Binomial name
	Mormoops magna; (Silva-Taboada, 1974)

The giant ghost-faced bat (Mormoops magna) is a prehistoric species of bat that was endemic to the Caribbean. It is only known from fragmental humerus remains,[1] which physically resemble those of Mormoops megalophylla but are larger in size.[2]

References

Velazco, Paul; O'Neill, Hannah (21 June 2013). "Quaternary Bat Diversity in the Dominican Republic". American Museum Novitates (3779): 1–20. doi:10.1206/3779.2. S2CID 86340147. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
Silva-Taboada, Gilberto (1974). "Fossil Chiroptera from Cave Deposits in Central Cuba, with Description of Two New Species (Genera Pteronotus and Mormoops) and the First West Indian Record of Mormoops megalophylla" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 31 (3): 33–74. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

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[1] Velazco, Paul; O'Neill, Hannah (21 June 2013). "Quaternary Bat Diversity in the Dominican Republic". American Museum Novitates (3779): 1–20. doi:10.1206/3779.2. S2CID 86340147. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[2] Silva-Taboada, Gilberto (1974). "Fossil Chiroptera from Cave Deposits in Central Cuba, with Description of Two New Species (Genera Pteronotus and Mormoops) and the First West Indian Record of Mormoops megalophylla" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 31 (3): 33–74. Retrieved 16 October 2020.