Kingdom Animalia Family Phyllostomidae Scientific name Phyllonycteris major Rank Species | Class Mammalia Genus Phyllonycteris Phylum Chordata Order Bat | |
Similar Bat, Oriente cave rat, Brown flower bat, Torre's cave rat, Nendo tube‑nosed fruit bat | ||
The Puerto Rican flower bat (Phyllonycteris major) is an extinct species of bat from the family Phyllostomidae (leaf-nosed bats). It was endemic to Puerto Rico and is known only from subfossil skeletal material.
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