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Phyllonycteris obtusa Miller, 1929

Haitian long-tongued bat, Hispaniola flower bat

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Phyllonycteris poeyi obtusa Miller, 1929

 

Treated under Phyllonycteris poeyi obtusa by (Simmons & Cirranello, 2023).

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Haiti, Hispaniola

 

Biology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Baker, R. J. (1979). Karyology, pp. 107-155. In: Baker, R. J., Jones, J, K, Jnr. and Carter, D. C. (eds.). Biology of the bats of the New World Family Phyllostomatidae, Part III. Special Publications of the Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.

Corbet, G. B. and Hill, J. E. (1986). A world list of mammalian species. Second ed. British Museum (Natural History), London. 254 pp.

Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.

Genoways, Hugh H., Bickham, John W., Baker, Robert J. and Phillips, Carleton J (2005). Bats of Jamaica. Special Publications of the Museum of Texas Tech University 48: 1-155.

Klingener, D., H. H. Genoways, and R. J. Baker. 1978. Bats from Southern Haiti. Annals of Carnegie Museum 47: 81-99.

Nagorsen, D. W. and Peterson, R. L. (1975). Karyotypes of six species of bats (Chiroptera) from the Dominican Republic. Life Sciences Contribution, Royal Ontario Museum 28: 1-8.

Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2023. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Version 1.3. Accessed on 06/18/2023.

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