Monophyllus

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Monophyllus
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Monophyllus redmaniLeach's single leaf bat, the type species
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Glossophaginae
Genus: Monophyllus
Leach, 1821
Type species
Monophyllus redmani
Leach, 1821

Monophyllus, the Antillean long-tongued bats or single leaf bats, is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae. [1] They are distributed on the Antilles. [2]

Species

It contains the following species: [2] [3] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 "Monophyllus — Antillean Long-tongued Bats". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. "Monophyllus Leach, 1821". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 28 June 2016.