Noctilionoidea
- Furipteridae
- Mormoopidae
- Mystacinidae
- Myzopodidae
- Noctilionidae
- Phyllostomidae
- Thyropteridae
- 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.
- Greater Bulldog Bat Noctilio (Noctilio) leporinus
The greater bulldog bat can forage for fish near the water surface. In a Panama account, it responded to surface ripples and dipped its feet into the water.
- 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.
- Ghost-faced Bat Mormoops megalophylla
The ghost-faced bat ranges from the southern United States through Central America to northern South America. It roosts in caves by day and emerges in the evening to hunt large moths and insects.
- 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.
