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

leaf-nosed bat The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. They are ecologically the most varied and diverse family within the order ...

found in

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and th ...

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

, and

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sou ...

and the

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc be ...

Species

The following species were recognized , and a total of seven species to 2020 * Brazilian big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma doriae'' * 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 (; ) ...

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

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