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Puerto Rican long-nosed bat

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Species of mammal

Puerto Rican
long-nosed bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Monophyllus
Species: M. plethodon
Subspecies: M. p. frater
Trinomial name
Monophyllus plethodon frater
Anthony, 1917

The Puerto Rican long-nosed bat (Monophyllus plethodon frater) is known only from a skull fragment excavated in the large Cathedral Cave near Morovis, Puerto Rico, by Dr. H. E. Anthony prior to 1917. This species was never observed or documented live. Its extinction is attributed to hurricanes. A fossil fragment was cataloged in London.

References

  1. "Monophyllus plethodon frater — Puerto Rican Long-nosed Bat". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. ALLEN, Glover M. "Full text of "Extinct and vanishing mammals of the western hemisphere, with the marine species of all the oceans"". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
Taxon identifiers
Monophyllus frater


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