''Chiroderma'' – big-eyed bats or white-lined bats – is a genus of

leaf-nosed bat The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are bats (order Chiroptera) found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. Both the scientific and common names derive from ...

found in

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, and

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and the

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, forming part of the West Indies in Caribbean, Caribbean region of the Americas. They are distinguished from the larger islands of the Greater Antilles to the west. They form an arc w ...

Species

The following species were recognized , and a total of seven species to 2020 * Brazilian big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma doriae'' * Gorgas's big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma gorgasi'' * Guadeloupe big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma improvisum'' *

Salvin's big-eyed bat Salvin's big-eyed bat (''Chiroderma salvini'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela Venezuela, offi ...

, ''Chiroderma salvini'' * Mexican big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma scopaeum'' * Little big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma trinitatum'' * Hairy big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma villosum'' * Vizotto's big-eyed bat ''Chiroderma vizottoi'',

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