Bulldog bat

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Bulldog or Fisherman bats
Image:Noctilio leporinus stamp 2.jpg
Noctilio leporinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Chiroptera
Family:Noctilionidae
Gray, 1821
Genus:Noctilio
Linnaeus, 1766

The Noctilionidae family of bats, commonly known as Bulldog bats, are represented by two species, the Greater Bulldog Bat and the Lesser Bulldog Bat. The Naked Bulldog Bat, Cheiromeles torquatus is not of this family and belongs to the family Molossidae, the free-tailed bats.



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