Subfamily Glossophaginae Bonaparte 1845 (leaf-nosed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Parent taxon: Phyllostomatidae according to J. R. Choate and E. C. Birney 1968

See also Salles et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Carolliinae, Desmodontinae, Lonchophyllinae, Lophostoma, Macrophyllum, Micronycteris, Mimon, Phylloderma, Phyllostominae, Stenodermatinae, Trachops, Uroderma, Phyllonycteris, Artibeus, Phyllostomatinae, Stenoderma, Mormoops, Brachyphylla, Lonchophylla, Macrotus, Erophylla, Notonycteris

Subtaxa: Anoura Glossophaga Monophyllus Palynephyllum

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Type: Glossophaga

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (3), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Colombia (1)

• Oligocene of France (1)

Total: 8 collections including 12 occurrences

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