Puerto Rican long-nosed bat
Species of mammal
Puerto Rican long-nosed bat | |
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Scientific 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[1]) 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.[2]
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