Editing Spectral bat (section)

==Range and habitat==
The spectral bat is found in [[Belize]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Ecuador]], [[French Guiana]], [[Guatemala]], [[Guyana]], [[Honduras]], [[Mexico]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Peru]], [[Suriname]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]],<ref>{{cite web|website=The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago |title=''Vampyrum spectrum'' (Spectral Bat)|publisher=[[University of the West Indies|UWI]] |url=https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/sites/default/files/lifesciences/documents/ogatt/Vampyrum_spectrum%20-%20Spectral%20Bat.pdf}}</ref> and [[Venezuela]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> It has been documented at elevations from {{cvt|0-1650|m|ft}} above sea level, though in Mexico it is only found in [[Upland and lowland|lowland]] areas of below {{cvt|150|m|ft}}. It is associated with [[tropical rainforest]]s.<ref name="Ceballos 2014"/> In 2010, the species was documented for the first time in the [[Cerrado]] of Brazil.<ref name="Sousa 2011">{{cite journal|doi=10.15560/7.4.468|title=Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae, ''Vampyrum spectrum'' (Linnaeus, 1758): First record for the Cerrado biome in the state of Mato Grosso, west central Brazil|journal=Check List|volume=7|issue=4|pages=468|year=2011|last1=Sousa|first1=Ricardo Firmino de|last2=Kreutz|first2=Carlos|last3=Oliveira|first3=Sérgio Lopes de|last4=Faria|first4=Karina De Cassia|doi-access=free}}</ref> It is occasionally encountered in [[pasture]]s and [[orchard]]s.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />