''Phyllops vetus'' is an extinct relative of the

Cuban fig-eating bat 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. ...

. Its remains have been found on

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

and Isle of Pines. ''P. vetus'' was smaller than its living relative. Recent discoveries in Cuba suggest that it survived into the

Late Quaternary The Holocene ( ) is the current geological epoch. It began approximately 11,650 cal years Before Present (), after the Last Glacial Period, which concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene together ...

, perhaps as recently as 2,000 years ago.

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