Phyllostomidae

• Carolliinae
• Desmodontinae
• Glossophaginae
• Glyphonycterinae
• Lonchophyllinae
• Lonchorhininae
• Macrotinae
• Micronycterinae
• Phyllostominae
• Rhinophyllinae
• Stenodermatinae
• Notonycteris
• Spectral Bat Vampyrum spectrum

  A large carnivorous bat of tropical forests in Central America and northern South America.

• Common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus

  A bat from Mexico through much of South America that feeds on animal blood.

• Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) jamaicensis

  The Jamaican fruit-eating bat has pale facial stripes and a leaf-shaped noseleaf. It is active at night, eats fruit, and may fold leaves into a tent-like roost.

• Big-eared Woolly Bat Chrotopterus auritus

  The big-eared woolly bat is a large bat with long dark-brown fur and large ears. It is active at night and catches small vertebrates and insects.

• Common Tent-making Bat Uroderma bilobatum

  The common tent-making bat chews leaf veins to create a resting place beneath a drooping leaf. It feeds mainly on fruit.

• Honduran White Bat Ectophylla alba

  This small bat's fur ranges from gray to white. It has a yellow leaf-shaped nose and spends the day in a shelter made from a folded leaf.

• Antillean Fruit-eating Bat Brachyphylla cavernarum

  The Antillean Fruit-eating Bat roosts in cave colonies and emerges in the evening to forage in forest, taking a variety of plant foods.

• Greater Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus hastatus

  The greater spear-nosed bat has a well-developed noseleaf and a V-shaped groove in its lower lip. It roosts in caves and eats mostly insects, along with fruit, nectar, and pollen.

• Pallas's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina

  A bat that probes flowers with a long, extendable tongue. It visits flowers at night and eats nectar, pollen, fruit, insects, and other foods.

• Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus

  The fringe-lipped bat has wart-like bumps on its lips and chin. It lives in lowland forests of Central and South America and roosts in hollow trees or caves.

• Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) lituratus

  This large fruit-eating bat has fur ranging from light to dark brown. It flies among trees at night and forages with other bats for fruit.

• White-lined Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus lineatus

  The white-lined broad-nosed bat is a South American bat marked by a white stripe on its back. It is nocturnal and mainly eats fruit.