†Phyllonycteris major Anthony 1917 (Puerto Rican flower bat)
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Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Belongs to Phyllonycteris according to J. R. Choate and E. C. Birney 1968
Sister taxon: Phyllonycteris poeyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cueva Catedral, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene cave siliciclastic in Puerto Rico
Ecology: volant omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Puerto Rico (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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