Mammalia |
Chiroptera |
Noctilionidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Demersal. Tropical
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
Rice, D.W. 1998. (Ref. 1522)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Price category
Unknown.
