Cuban flower bat

Cuban flower bat[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Phyllonycteris
Species:
P. poeyi
Binomial name
Phyllonycteris poeyi
Gundlach, 1860

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).

  1. ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Mancina, C.; Solari, S. (2019). "Phyllonycteris poeyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T17175A22133601. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T17175A22133601.en. Retrieved 24 August 2022.