Brachyphylla Gray 1834 (fruit-eating bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

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

See also Morgan 1994 and Palmer 1904

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

Subtaxa: Brachyphylla cavernarum Brachyphylla nana

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Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Cayman Islands (4), Cuba (2), Puerto Rico (4)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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