Abundance: 0.09 to 45.00% (median 2.84%)

Latitudinal range: -30.3° to 21.4°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (32), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (34), tropical/subtropical savanna (10), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

Found in 82 samples

Belize: Lamanai

Bolivia: Espíritu, Estación Biológica Tunquini, Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (forest islands), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (cultivo), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (barbecho), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque joven), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque maduro), El Porvenir (bats)

Brazil: Pousada das Araras, Panga Ecological Reserve, Ilha da Marambaia, Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamâ, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Una (forests), Reserva Ecológica Carnijo, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra das Almas, Amanä Sustainable Development Reserve (terra firme high-water under-storey), Säo Paulo, Bragança, Augusto Correa, Serra Negra (south slope), Serra Negra (north slope), Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (Vinhâtico), Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (Campo de Pouso), Nova Xavantina (site 1, rainy season), Morro de Säo Joäo, Middle Säo Francisco River, Sonora, Barreirinhas, Campo Verde, Fazenda Cauaia, Parque Estadual Vila Rica do Espírito Santo, Fazenda Intervales, Colonia Juliano Moreira, Fazenda Congonhas (native woodland), Fazenda Congonhas (reforested area), Una (cabrucas), Ilhéus (cabrucas), Estaçäo Ecológica de Fechos, Curió Municipal Natural Park, Quinta da Boa Vista, Médio Rio Teles Pires, Serra da Guia, Morro do Coco

Colombia: La Reserva Natural La Montaña del Ocaso, Santuario de Fauna y Flora Otùn Quimbaya, Chorrillo, Tinije, Reserva Forestal Protectora Serranía de Coraza

Costa Rica: Cañas

Guatemala: Tikal

Guyana: Burro-Burro River, Karisparu

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992), Las Grutas, Chamela Biosphere Reserve (dry forest), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (semi-dry forest), Country Club Campestre, Cerro Tolistoque, Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (shaded plantation bats), Los Tuxtlas (cocoa plantation, 1990 - 1992), Misantla (bats, dry season), San Gabriel Mixtepec, Lacandona (riparian mature), Lacandona (riparian pasture), El Chorro (mist nets), Carrizal Viejo (mist nets), Parque Estatal La Sierra, San Luis de la Paz, Cerro Colorado, Hacienda X-Conca

Panama: Chucantí Nature Reserve (Helipad), Chucantí Nature Reserve (Potrerito)

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Santa Marta, Truenococha, Mishana, Valle de Pozuzo, Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape

Venezuela: Monumento Natural Pico Codazzi (nivel bajo)

See also Desmodus rotundus