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Big-eyed Bats
Chiroderma
Chiroderma – big-eyed bats or white-lined bats – is a genus of leaf-nosed bat found in Central America, South America and the Lesser Antilles.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Hairy Big-eyed Bat
speciesChiroderma villosum

Salvin's big-eyed bat
speciesChiroderma salvini
little big-eyed bat
speciesChiroderma trinitatum

Mexican Big-eyed Bat
speciesChiroderma scopaeum

Brazilian big-eyed bat
speciesChiroderma doriae

Guadeloupe big-eyed bat
speciesChiroderma improvisum

Handley's Big-eyed Bat
speciesChiroderma gorgasi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Chiroderma in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41010.