Mormoopidae is one of the twenty families of bats in the mammalian order Chiroptera and is part of the microbat suborder. Members of this family are called mormoopids () and include ghost-faced bats, naked-backed bats, and mustached bats. They are found in South America, Central America, and southern North America, primarily in forests and caves, though some can be found in savannas. They range in size from the sooty mustached bat, at plus a tail, to the ghost-faced bat, at plus a tail. Like all bats, mormoopids are capable of true and sustained flight, and have forearm lengths ranging from to . They are all insectivorous. No mormoopids have population estimates, though the Paraguana moustached bat is categorized as an endangered species.
The eleven extant species of Mormoopidae are divided into two genera: Mormoops, with two species, and Pteronotus, with nine species. A few extinct prehistoric mormoopid species have been discovered, though due to ongoing research and discoveries the exact number and categorization is not fixed.
Conventions.
Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the mormoopid's range is provided. Ranges and author citations are based on the IUCN Red List for that species unless otherwise noted.
Classification.
The family Mormoopidae consists of eleven species in two genera: Mormoops and Pteronotus.
Family Mormoopidae
Mormoopids.
The following classification is based on the taxonomy described by the reference work "Mammal Species of the World" (2005), with augmentation by generally accepted proposals made since using molecular phylogenetic analysis, as supported by both the IUCN and the American Society of Mammalogists.