Family PHYLLOSTOMIDAE

(NEW WORLD LEAF-NOSED BATS)

• Relatively small to medium-sized bats with a usually welldevelopedfleshy noseleat above nostrils; great variation nN size.

• 3.5-15. 5 cm.

• Nearctic and Neotropical Regions.

• Tropical rainforests, tropical dry forests, subtropical cloudforests, transformed landscapes, and deserts.

• 60 genera, 217 species, 295 taxa.

• 1 species Critically Endangered, 6 species Endangered, 7 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.