Phyllonycteris aphylla Miller, 1898:334
Jamaican flower bat, Jamaican long-tongued bat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Reithronycteris aphylla Miller, 1898:334
Conservation Status
Last record: 1898 (Miller, 1898)
Rediscovered in 1957 (Henson & Novick, 1966)
IUCN RedList status: Least Concern
Distribution
Jamaica
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Miller, G. S., Jr. (1898). Descriptions of five new phyllostome bats. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 50: 326-337.
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