Insular single leaf bat

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Insular single leaf bat
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Monophyllus
Species:
M. plethodon
Binomial name
Monophyllus plethodon
Miller, 1900
Distribution of Monophyllus plethodon.png

The insular single leaf bat[1] or Lesser Antillean long-tongued bat[2] (Monophyllus plethodon) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.

Distribution and habitat[]

It is found on the Lesser Antilles, on Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[1]

Subspecies[]

The Puerto Rican long-nosed bat (M. p. prater) is an extinct subspecies of the insular single leaf bat from Puerto Rico.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Rodriguez Duran, A.; Davalos, L. (2018). "Monophyllus plethodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T13719A22112320. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T13719A22112320.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Monophyllus plethodon — Lesser Antillean Long-tongued Bat". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. ^ ALLEN, Glover M. "Full text of "Extinct and vanishing mammals of the western hemisphere, with the marine species of all the oceans"". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2014-12-12.


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