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Phyllonycteris
''Phyllonycteris'' is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It contains the following species: * Jamaican Flower Bat (''Phyllonycteris aphylla'') * † Puerto Rican Flower Bat (''Phyllonycteris major'') * Cuban Flower Bat (''Phyllonycteris poeyi'') Phyllonycteris, Bat genera Taxa named by Juan Gundlach Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{leafnosed-bat-stub hu:Antillai virágdenevérek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllonycteris Poeyi
The Cuban flower bat (''Phyllonycteris poeyi''), also called Poey's flower bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found on the Caribbean islands of Cuba and Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Description The Cuban flower bat is a medium-sized bat, with a wingspan of , and a body weight of . The males are significantly larger than the females. Both sexes have silky, uniformly greyish-white fur. They have a relatively short tail, no more than long, and only a narrow patagium between the legs, since they lack a calcar. The snout is relatively long and narrow and bears a simple, rather rudimentary, Nose-leaf, nose leaf. The tongue is also long, with a hair like structure forming a brush at the top, which helps the bat to feed on nectar from flowers. Cuban flower bats have been reported as flying no faster than , and the shape of the wings would suggest that they have difficulty hovering in place. Unlike other related bats, their echolocation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Flower Bat
The Cuban flower bat (''Phyllonycteris poeyi''), also called Poey's flower bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found on the Caribbean islands of Cuba and Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Description The Cuban flower bat is a medium-sized bat, with a wingspan of , and a body weight of . The males are significantly larger than the females. Both sexes have silky, uniformly greyish-white fur. They have a relatively short tail, no more than long, and only a narrow patagium between the legs, since they lack a calcar. The snout is relatively long and narrow and bears a simple, rather rudimentary, nose leaf. The tongue is also long, with a hair like structure forming a brush at the top, which helps the bat to feed on nectar from flowers. Cuban flower bats have been reported as flying no faster than , and the shape of the wings would suggest that they have difficulty hovering in place. Unlike other related bats, their echolocation call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Flower Bat
The Cuban flower bat (''Phyllonycteris poeyi''), also called Poey's flower bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found on the Caribbean islands of Cuba and Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Description The Cuban flower bat is a medium-sized bat, with a wingspan of , and a body weight of . The males are significantly larger than the females. Both sexes have silky, uniformly greyish-white fur. They have a relatively short tail, no more than long, and only a narrow patagium between the legs, since they lack a calcar. The snout is relatively long and narrow and bears a simple, rather rudimentary, nose leaf. The tongue is also long, with a hair like structure forming a brush at the top, which helps the bat to feed on nectar from flowers. Cuban flower bats have been reported as flying no faster than , and the shape of the wings would suggest that they have difficulty hovering in place. Unlike other related bats, their echolocation call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaican Flower Bat
The Jamaican flower bat (''Phyllonycteris aphylla'') is a critically endangered species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. Taxonomy and etymology It was described by American zoologist Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. in 1898. He initially placed it in the genus ''Reithronycteris'', which is now synonymous with ''Phyllonycteris''. The specimen that he described was collected in Jamaica; the date of collection and the exact location are unknown. The type specimen used to describe the species has since been lost. Its species name ''aphylla'' was derived from the Ancient Greek word áphullos, meaning "leafless." This is likely in reference to its small nose-leaf. Description It weighs . Its total body length is . Its forearm is long. On the dorsal side of the forearm, its skin is pink. Its ears are long and wide. The tragus is . It has a disc-shaped, basic nose-leaf at the end of its snout. The fur is short, with individual hairs approximately long on its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaican Flower Bat
The Jamaican flower bat (''Phyllonycteris aphylla'') is a critically endangered species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. Taxonomy and etymology It was described by American zoologist Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. in 1898. He initially placed it in the genus ''Reithronycteris'', which is now synonymous with ''Phyllonycteris''. The specimen that he described was collected in Jamaica; the date of collection and the exact location are unknown. The type specimen used to describe the species has since been lost. Its species name ''aphylla'' was derived from the Ancient Greek word áphullos, meaning "leafless." This is likely in reference to its small nose-leaf. Description It weighs . Its total body length is . Its forearm is long. On the dorsal side of the forearm, its skin is pink. Its ears are long and wide. The tragus is . It has a disc-shaped, basic nose-leaf at the end of its snout. The fur is short, with individual hairs approximately long on its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllonycteris
''Phyllonycteris'' is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It contains the following species: * Jamaican Flower Bat (''Phyllonycteris aphylla'') * † Puerto Rican Flower Bat (''Phyllonycteris major'') * Cuban Flower Bat (''Phyllonycteris poeyi'') Phyllonycteris, Bat genera Taxa named by Juan Gundlach Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{leafnosed-bat-stub hu:Antillai virágdenevérek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Gundlach
Juan Cristóbal Gundlach (17 July 1810 in Marburg – 14 March 1896 in Havana), born Johannes Christoph Gundlach was a Cuban naturalist and taxonomist. Biography Gundlach graduated from Marburg University, where his father was professor of physics, as Doctor of Philosophy in 1837. In 1839, he left Europe to make collections on the Caribbean island of Cuba, where he lived ever since. During a short trip to Puerto Rico, at the request of Jesuit fathers to offer assistance in the creation of a zoological collection, in 1868, when revolutionary activities were beginning in Cuba as well as Puerto Rico, he met with don Tomás Blanco, according to naturalist Dr. Agustín Stahl. A friend of Carl Wilhelm Leopold Krug, who served as German Vice Consul in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico and who paid for some of Gundlach's travels, he visited Puerto Rico in 1873, leaving Havana on 4 June 1873 on the ship Manuela, arriving in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico on 13 June, staying in Puerto Rico for approximatel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bat Genera
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out digits covered with a thin membrane or patagium. The smallest bat, and arguably the smallest extant mammal, is Kitti's hog-nosed bat, which is in length, across the wings and in mass. The largest bats are the flying foxes, with the giant golden-crowned flying fox, ''Acerodon jubatus'', reaching a weight of and having a wingspan of . The second largest order of mammals after rodents, bats comprise about 20% of all classified mammal species worldwide, with over 1,400 species. These were traditionally divided into two suborders: the largely fruit-eating megabats, and the echolocating microbats. But more recent evidence has supported dividing the order into Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochiropter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxa Named By Juan Gundlach
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and given a particular ranking, especially if and when it is accepted or becomes established. It is very common, however, for taxonomists to remain at odds over what belongs to a taxon and the criteria used for inclusion. If a taxon is given a formal scientific name, its use is then governed by one of the nomenclature codes specifying which scientific name is correct for a particular grouping. Initial attempts at classifying and ordering organisms (plants and animals) were set forth in Carl Linnaeus's system in ''Systema Naturae'', 10th edition (1758), as well as an unpublished work by Bernard and Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. The idea of a unit-based system of biological classification was first made widely available in 1805 in the intro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxonomy Articles Created By Polbot
Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification (general theory), classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. Among other things, a taxonomy can be used to organize and index knowledge (stored as documents, articles, videos, etc.), such as in the form of a library classification system, or a Taxonomy for search engines, search engine taxonomy, so that users can more easily find the information they are searching for. Many taxonomies are hierarchy, hierarchies (and thus, have an intrinsic tree structure), but not all are. Originally, taxonomy referred only to the categorisation of organisms or a particular categorisation of organisms. In a wider, more general sense, it may refer to a categorisation of things or concepts, as well as to the principles underlying such a categorisation. Taxonomy organizes taxonomic uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
