The European free-tailed bat.

Tadarida teniotis European free-tailed bat syn.

The bulldog bat has rounded nostrils that open forward and down.

Bulldog bats have two kinds of signal when flying.

They have relatively long legs, large feet exceptionally so in the case of the greater bulldog bat and strong claws.

The bulldog bat may also search by dragging its feet across the water surface, a behavior known as raking.

The greater bulldog bat lives primarily in tropical lowlands.

Female bulldog bats stay together in groups while roosting and tend to be accompanied by a resident male.

The greater bulldog bat is one of the few bat species that has adapted to eating fish.

A bulldog bat will fly high in the air and in a circular direction when searching for prey.

Occasionally, the larger bats catch and consume small fish (the most closely related species, the greater bulldog bat, is known for its fishing ability).

The Greater Bulldog bat also has prominent cheek pouches which are useful for holding its food.

The greater bulldog bat trawls the water with its long, curved talons approximately 2-3 cm below the surface.

The bulldog bat mostly forages for fish during high tide and locates them with echolocation.

The greater bulldog bat or fishing bat of South America hunts for its food using sound.

It is these features that give the bulldog bat gets its name, as it resembles a bulldog.

Greater bulldog bats are one of only a handfull of bat species that primarily eat fish...

Like most bats, bulldog bats are nocturnal.

They have often been recorded roosting together with lesser bulldog bats, an unrelated species with similar habitat preferences.

The greater bulldog bat's range streches from Mexico to northern Argentina and also includes most Caribbean islands.

Family Noctilionidae (bulldog bats or fisherman bats)

In Trinidad, bulldog bats roost in hollow trees like silk-cotton, red mangrove and balatá.

The naked bulldog bat (Cheiromeles torquatus) does not belong to this family, but to the family Molossidae, the free-tailed bats.

While the bulldog bat is not in danger overall, the bat is nevertheless threatened by water pollution, persecution, changing water levels and deforestation.

Smaller mammals living in that time and place were the ateline monkey Stirtonia and the bulldog bat Noctilio lacrimaelunaris.

The greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat (Noctilio leporinus) is a type of fishing bat native to Latin America.

The species of lesser bulldog bats are insectivorous and whilst the greater bulldog bats also eat insects their chief food is fish.

Another common name for some members of this group, and indeed a few species from other families, is mastiff bat.

They have a thick mandible in comparison to other mastiff bats.

There are no known threats to Miller's mastiff bat.

At birth, Miller's mastiff bat is only about one-quarter its adult weight.

The mastiff bat's chest is speckled with white fur, and has black ears.

Miller's mastiff bat has a limited distribution and tends to inhabit isolated regions.

Miller's mastiff bat lives in open areas, mainly in grassland habitats.

See Mops (bat) for the genus also known as "greater mastiff bats".

Miller's mastiff bat is listed as a Least Concern species with a low risk of becoming extinct.

Miller's mastiff bats have a powerfully built body, with a broad body frame and narrow wings.

Miller's mastiff bat had a variable fur coat color; ranging from black to a reddish color.

Caliban: A mastiff bat who leads a survival group living in Statue Haven.

Until recently, this species was thought to be a subspecies of Wanger's mastiff bat (Eumops glaucinus).

"Greater mastiff bat" redirects here.

Florida Mastiff Bat (Eumops faucinus floridanus) - page 239.

Mastiff Bat (disambiguation)

Miller's mastiff bat (Molossus pretiosus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae.

The black mastiff bat (Molossus rufus) is a bat species from South and Central America.

Rarer animals include the cougar, golden eagle, bobcat, peregrine falcon, zone-tailed hawk and western mastiff bat.

Eumops (mastiff bats or bonneted bats) is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae.

Black Mastiff Bat, Molossus rufus (another article)

Eastern Little Mastiff Bat (M. norfolkensis)

The State endangered Florida mastiff bat is considered to be the largest bat in Florida (Humphrey 1992).

Kalinowski's mastiff bat (Mormopterus kalinowskii) is a species of bat found in Chile and Peru.

Javan Mastiff Bat (Otomops formosus)