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Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Greater bulldog bat
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Mammalia | Chiroptera | Noctilionidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Demersal. Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Atlantic and Southeast Pacific: Noctilio leporinus mastivus: Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Dominican Rep), Puerto Rico, many islands in the Lesser Antilles; Noctilio leporinus leporinus: Ecuador, Peru, northern Brazil, Guiana, south throughout the Amazon basin; Noctilio leporinus rufescens: eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, south to northeast Argentina (Ref. 1522).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Feeds almost exclusively on fishes, frogs, and other aquatic organisms, both from fresh and saltwater (Ref. 2196); they often forage in company with mixed flocks of sea birds (Ref. 2197). Feeds almost exclusively on fishes, frogs, and other aquatic organisms, both from fresh and saltwater (Ref. 2196); they often forage in company with mixed flocks of sea birds (Ref. 2197).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Rice, D.W. 1998. (Ref. 1522)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Maturity
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Spawning
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Distribution
Physiology
Oxygen consumption
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Outreach
Taxonomy
References
Internet sources
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.