Phyllonycteris Gundlach 1861 (leaf-nosed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

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

See also Morgan 1994

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

Subtaxa: Phyllonycteris major Phyllonycteris poeyi

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Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Cayman Islands (1), Puerto Rico (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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