Cubanycteris Mancina and García-Rivera 2005 (leaf-nosed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Full reference: C. A. Mancina and L. García-Rivera. 2005. New genus and species of fossil bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Cuba. Caribbean Journal of Science 41(1):22-27

Parent taxon: Stenodermatina according to C. A. Mancina and L. García-Rivera 2005

Sister taxon: Phyllops

Subtaxa: Cubanycteris silvai

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Type: Cubanycteris silvai

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution: found only at Cueva GEDA (Quaternary of Cuba)

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