Phyllops silvai Suárez & Diaz-Franco, 2003
Silva's fig-eating bat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 20,050 to 21,474 yBP
This species is only known from sub-fossil remains dated to 20,050 to 21,474 yBP (95% confidence).
Distribution
Cuba
Biology
Hypodigm
Holotype: MNHNCu 76.4620 ("partial skull")
Type locality: "Cueva El Abro´n, western tip of Sierra de La Gu¨ ira (ca. 22°40N,
83°28W; X-247, Y-317; on the 1:50 000 series map, Herradura 3583-IV, Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartograf´ıa, 1982), Municipality of Los Palacios, Pinar del Rıo Province, Cuba."
Paratypes:
MNHNCu 76.4621 ("Mandible without right ramus")
MNHNCu 76.4622 ("Mandible without teeth and right ramus")
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Suárez, William and Diaz-Franco, Stephen. (2003). A New Fossil Bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from a Quaternary Cave Deposit in Cuba. Caribbean Journal of Science 39(3): 371-377.
Other references:
Herrera-Uria, Jane et al. (2015). Type specimens housed in the National Museum of Natural History of Cuba. Solenodon 12: 84-123.
Turvey, S.T. (2009). Holocene mammal extinctions. In: Turvey, S.T. (editor) (2009). Holocene extinctions. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Wilson, D. E. and Reeder, D. M. (2005). Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Third edition. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press.
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