Order Chiroptera | Phylum Chordata Family Phyllostomidae Scientific name Monophyllus plethodon Rank Species | |
Similar Monophyllus, Bat, Brown flower bat, Leach's single leaf bat, Brachyphylla | ||
The insular single leaf bat or Lesser Antillean long-tongued bat (Monophyllus plethodon) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found on the Lesser Antilles, on Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Puerto Rican long-nosed bat, Monophyllus plethodon prater, is an extinct subspecies of insular single leaf bat from Puerto Rico.
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