''Monophyllus'', the Antillean long-tongued bats or single leaf bats , is a genus of
bat
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 bi ...
s in the family
Phyllostomidae.
They are distributed on the
Antilles
The Antilles (; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Antiy; es, Antillas; french: Antilles; nl, Antillen; ht, Antiy; pap, Antias; Jamaican Patois: ''Antiliiz'') is an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mex ...
.
Species
It contains the following species:
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* ''Monophyllus plethodon'' Miller, 1900 — ]insular single leaf bat
The insular single leaf bat or Lesser Antillean long-tongued bat (''Monophyllus plethodon'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found on the Lesser Antilles, on Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, M ...
, Lesser Antillean long-tongued bat
** †''Monophyllus plethodon frater'' Anthony, 1917 — Puerto Rican long-nosed bat
** ''Monophyllus plethodon luciae'' Miller, 1902
** ''Monophyllus plethodon plethodon'' Miller, 1900
* ''Monophyllus redmani'' Leach, 1821 — Leach's single leaf bat
Leach's single leaf bat (''Monophyllus redmani''), also known as Greater Antillean long-tongued bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in the southern Bahamas and in all the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola ...
, Greater Antillean long-tongued bat
** ''Monophyllus redmani clinedaphus'' Miller, 1900
** ''Monophyllus redmani portoricensis'' Miller, 1900
** ''Monophyllus redmani redmani'' Leach, 1821
References
Bat genera
Bats of the Caribbean
Taxa named by William Elford Leach
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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