Brachyphylla cavernarum

Brachyphylla cavernarum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Glossophaginae
Tribus: Brachyphyllini
Genus: Brachyphylla
Species: Brachyphylla cavernarum
Subspecies (3): B. c. cavernarum – B. c. intermedia – B. c. minor

Name

Brachyphylla cavernarum Gray, 1833

Type locality: St. Vincent (Lesser Antilles, UK).

References

• Gray, 1833. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1833: 123.
• Conservation status: IUCN: Brachyphylla cavernarum  (Least Concern)

Distribution

• Puerto Rico
• Virgin Islands and throughout Lesser Antilles south to St. Vincent and Barbados

Vernacular names

English: Antillean Fruit-eating Bat.