Giant ghost-faced bat

{{Short description|Extinct species of bat}}

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| name = Giant ghost-faced bat

| fossil_range = Early Holocene

| extinct = yes

| status_ref = {{cite web|title=ITIS|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=946075|access-date=21 December 2014|ref=1}}

| genus = Mormoops

| species = magna

| authority =(Silva-Taboada, 1974)}}

The giant ghost-faced bat (Mormoops magna) is a prehistoric species of bat that was endemic to the Caribbean. It is only known from fragmental humerus remains,{{cite journal |last1=Velazco |first1=Paul |last2=O'Neill |first2=Hannah |date=21 June 2013 |title=Quaternary Bat Diversity in the Dominican Republic |url= https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2013/issue-3779/3779.2/Quaternary-Bat-Diversity-in-the-Dominican-Republic/10.1206/3779.2.short?tab=ArticleLink|journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3779 |pages=1–20 |doi=10.1206/3779.2 |s2cid=86340147 |access-date=16 October 2020}} which physically resemble those of Mormoops megalophylla but are larger in size.{{cite journal |last1=Silva-Taboada |first1=Gilberto |date=1974 |title=Fossil Chiroptera from Cave Deposits in Central Cuba, with Description of Two New Species (Genera Pteronotus and Mormoops) and the First West Indian Record of Mormoops megalophylla |url=http://www.isez.pan.krakow.pl/journals/azc/pdf/19/19_03.pdf |journal=Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=33–74 |access-date=16 October 2020}}

This bat species became extinct between 7500-9000 years ago.