Rhinopomatidae Author Don E. Wilson Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2019 2019-10-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats 164 176 book chapter 63774 10.5281/zenodo.6421029 bd0ceff3-ccfb-4ba1-b3bd-748dd7cd708d 978-84-16728-19-0 6421029 Family RHINOPOMATIDAE (MOUSE-TAILED BATS) • Smallto medium-sized insectivorous bats, with reduced tail membrane but free long tail; relatively large auricles, with tragus; and minute noseleaf above fleshy anterior pad of muzzle with dorsally oriented, valvular nostrils. • 10-16 cm. • Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Indo-Malayan regions. • Arid and semiarid habitats, roosting in caves, rocky niches, and man-made structures. • 1 genus, 6 species, 8 taxa. • 1 species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.