Phyllonycteris major Anthony 1917 (Puerto Rican flower bat)

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

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