Diclidurus is a genus of
bats whose common name is the
ghost bats (not to be confused with the Australia
Macroderma gigas).
Diclidurus all inhabit tropical
South America, and
D. albus is also found in
Mexico and
Central America. The fur of these
insectivorous bats is white, sometimes with a slight greyish tinge, except
D. isabellus, which is partially pale brown. The only other all-white bat is the
Honduran white bat, but it is easily distinguished from
Diclidurus by its relatively large nose leaf.
Diclidurus are poorly known and only infrequently captured, at least in part because they fly high above the ground or in the forest canopy (above the typical height of
mist nets used by bat researchers).