The Jamaican flower bat (Phyllonycteris aphylla) is a critically endangered species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It...
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Genus Phyllonycteris Jamaican flower bat (Phyllonycteris aphylla) Puerto Rican flower bat (Phyllonycteris major) Cuban flower bat (Phyllonycteris poeyi)...
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The Jamaican, common, or Mexican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) is a frugivorous bat species native to the Neotropics. The Jamaican fruit bat is a medium-sized...
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hematophagy. Three extant bat species feed solely on blood: the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), the hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata), and...
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spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum), also called the great false vampire bat, great spectral bat, American false vampire bat or Linnaeus's false vampire bat, is...
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mongooses. Jamaica's native terrestrial mammals are mostly bats, including the endemic Jamaican fig-eating bat (Ariteus flavescens) and Jamaican flower bat (Phyllonycteris...
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The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to the Americas. It is one of three extant species of vampire bats, the other...
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Mexican long-nosed bats form the genus Leptonycteris within the leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae. Like all members of the family, they are native to...
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The Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba), also called the Caribbean white tent-making bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomatidae. It is the...
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Cuba, and Jamaica. The buffy flower bat is considered a medium-sized bat, however, compared to those in its genus, it is a generally larger bat. Its hair...
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The brown flower bat (Erophylla bombifrons) is a species of bat from the family Phyllostomidae native to the island of Hispaniola (in Haiti and the Dominican...
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Phyllonycterinae Genus: Erophylla Buffy flower bat, Erophylla sezekorni LR/lc Genus: Phyllonycteris Jamaican flower bat, Phyllonycteris aphylla EN Subfamily:...
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The white-winged vampire bat (Diaemus youngi), a species of vampire bat, is the only member of the genus Diaemus. They are found from Mexico to northern...
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The Jamaican fig-eating bat (Ariteus flavescens) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only living species in the genus Ariteus....
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long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) is a medium-sized bat found in Central and North America. It is sometimes known as Sanborn's long-nosed bat or the...
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Caledonian long-eared bat (Nyctophilus nebulosus) New Guinea big-eared bat (Pharotis imogene) (possibly extinct) Jamaican flower bat (Phyllonycteris aphylla)...
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Phyllonycteris (category Bat genera)
genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It contains the following species: Jamaican Flower Bat (Phyllonycteris aphylla) † Puerto Rican Flower Bat (Phyllonycteris...
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The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) is one of three extant species of vampire bats. It mainly feeds on the blood of wild birds, but can also...
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The Cuban flower bat (Phyllonycteris poeyi), also called Poey's flower bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found on the Caribbean...
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The greater long-nosed bat or Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Mexico and...
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Ecuador and Peru. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat, but was raised to species level in 1978. The smallest species in...
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Leach's single leaf bat (Monophyllus redmani) Genus Musonycteris Banana bat (Musonycteris harrisoni) Genus Phyllonycteris Jamaican flower bat (Phyllonycteris...
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The golden bat (Mimon bennettii) is a bat species found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. Solari, S. (2019). "Mimon bennettii"...
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Villa's little yellow-eared bat (Vampyressa villai) is a bat species found in Mexico to the west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It is known from the Mexican...
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flower bat, Erophylla bombifrons LC Buffy flower bat, Erophylla sezekorni LC Jamaican flower bat, Phyllonycteris aphylla CR Puerto Rican flower bat,...
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of cave-dwelling bats, primarily the Jamaican fruit bat, the Antillean ghost-faced bat, and the sooty mustached bat, in 71% of roosting sites. The species...
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bat (Uroderma bilobatum) is an American leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae) found in lowland forests of Central and South America. This medium-sized bat has...
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The Quechua broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus masu) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Velazco, P. (2015)...
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The western broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus nitelinea) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Velazco, P...
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Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) is a South and Central American bat with a fast metabolism that feeds on nectar. It has the fastest metabolism...
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