Cuban fig-eating bat

Cuban fig-eating bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Phyllops
Species:
P. falcatus
Binomial name
Phyllops falcatus
(Gray, 1839)

The Cuban fig-eating bat, or white-shouldered bat, (Phyllops falcatus) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, found only in the Caribbean. It is the sole extant species in the genus Phyllops, although two other species, P. vetus and P. silvai, are known from fossils.

  1. ^ Solari, S.; Mancina, C.; Davalos, L. (2019). "Phyllops falcatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T17176A22133485. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T17176A22133485.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.