Mormoops Leach 1821 (leaf-nosed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

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

See also Gray 1825, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rabon et al. 2000 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

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

Subtaxa: Mormoops blainvillei Mormoops megaphylla

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Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Brazil (2), Puerto Rico (1), United States (4: Florida, Texas)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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