Noctilionidae (bulldog bats) |
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demersal; marine |
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). |
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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). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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Reported as Noctilio leporinus mastivus in Hispaniola. |
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