Macrotus Gray 1843 (leaf-nosed bat)
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Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Parent taxon: Phyllostomatidae according to J. R. Choate and E. C. Birney 1968
See also Morgan 1994 and Palmer 1904
Sister taxa: Carolliinae, Desmodontinae, Lonchophyllinae, Lophostoma, Macrophyllum, Micronycteris, Mimon, Phylloderma, Phyllostominae, Stenodermatinae, Trachops, Uroderma, Erophylla, Stenoderma, Notonycteris, Brachyphylla, Phyllonycteris, Glossophaginae, Artibeus, Lonchophylla, Mormoops, Phyllostomatinae
Subtaxa: Macrotus waterhousii
Ecology: volant omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (7 collections), Cayman Islands (9), Cuba (2), Puerto Rico (1)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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