Leach's single leaf bat
Leach's single leaf bat |
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Conservation status |
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Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Class: |
Mammalia |
Order: |
Chiroptera |
Family: |
Phyllostomidae |
Genus: |
Monophyllus |
Species: |
M. redmani |
Binomial name |
Monophyllus redmani Leach, 1821 |
Leach's single leaf bat[1] or Greater Antillean long-tongued bat[2] (Monophyllus redmani) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in southern Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico. It forms large colonies, with up to a few hundred thousand individuals.[1] Average adult weight is 8.8 g (0.31 oz).[2]
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