Little goblin bat

Little goblin bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Mormopterus
Subgenus: M. (Mormopterus)
Species: M. minutus
Binomial name
Mormopterus minutus
Miller, 1899

The little goblin bat (Mormopterus minutus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae, the free-tailed bats. It is endemic to Cuba.[1]

This bat is vulnerable due to habitat loss and degradation.[1] During the day it can be found roosting in the palm tree Copernicia gigas and in human-made structures.[2] It hunts insects using echolocation, emitting a variable pattern of calls.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Mancina, C. & Silva, G. 2008. Mormopterus minutus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 24 March 2015.
  2. Mancina, C., et al. (2007). Endemics under threat: an assessment of the conservation status of Cuban bats. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 18(1) 3-15.
  3. Mora, E. C., et al. (2011). Plasticity in the echolocation inventory of Mormopterus minutus (Chiroptera, Molossidae). Acta Chiropterologica 13(1), 179-87.


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