Affected Species

Thirty percent of the world's bat species that are found in Latin America and the Caribbean region. BCI is working to protect these ecologically important migratory bats, endemic bats and threatened and endangered species throughout the region. Many of these bats eat insects, including many agricultural and forest pests. Others pollinate plants and disperse seeds of important agricultural crops and native-forest plants.

Mexican long-nosed bat Leptonycteris nivalis (federally endangered)	Lesser long-nosed bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (federally endangered)	Mexican free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis

Photos © Merlin D. Tuttle, BCI