''Monophyllus'', the Antillean long-tongued bats or single leaf bats , is a genus of
bats 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 ...
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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, ...
, 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, 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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