Erophylla Miller 1906 (leaf-nosed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

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

See also Morgan 1994

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

Subtaxa: Erophylla bombifrons Erophylla sezekorni

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Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (2 collections), Cayman Islands (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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