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Brachyphylla (fruit-eating bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Taxonomy
Brachyphylla was named by Gray (1834). It is extant.

It was assigned to Phyllostomatidae by Palmer (1904) and Choate and Birney (1968); and to Phyllostomidae by Morgan (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Brachyphylla Gray
1904Brachyphylla Palmer p. 801
1968Brachyphylla Choate and Birney
1994Brachyphylla Morgan p. 468

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
familyPhyllostomidaeGray 1825
genusBrachyphyllaGray 1834

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Brachyphylla Gray 1834 [fruit-eating bat]
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Brachyphylla cavernarum Gray 1834 [Antillean fruit-eating bat]
Brachyphylla nana Miller 1902
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cuba (Pinar del Río) Brachyphylla nana (78640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Cuba (Pinar del Rio) Brachyphylla nana (92812)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Brachyphylla nana (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico Brachyphylla cavernarum (194492 231343 231344 231345)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Brachyphylla cavernarum (94615)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Brachyphylla nana (144132 210532)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) Brachyphylla nana (210541)