Subfamily Glossophaginae Bonaparte 1845 (leaf-nosed bat)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Parent taxon: Phyllostomatidae according to J. R. Choate and E. C. Birney 1968
See also Salles et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Carolliinae, Desmodontinae, Lonchophyllinae, Lophostoma, Macrophyllum, Micronycteris, Mimon, Phylloderma, Phyllostominae, Stenodermatinae, Trachops, Uroderma, Mormoops, Erophylla, Brachyphylla, Phyllostomatinae, Lonchophylla, Phyllonycteris, Notonycteris, Macrotus, Artibeus, Stenoderma
Subtaxa: Anoura Glossophaga Monophyllus Palynephyllum
Type: Glossophaga
Ecology: volant omnivore
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