Biology:Phyllops silvai
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Short description: Extinct species of bat
| Phyllops silvai Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Phyllops |
| Species: | †P. silvai
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| †Phyllops silvai Suárez and Díaz-Franco, 2003[1]
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Phyllops silvai, also known as Silva's fig-eating bat, is a recently extinct species of bat from western Cuba. It is a close relative of the living Cuban fig-eating bat.
Chronology
It lived during the Late Pleistocene. Radiometric date from a sample of long bones of the extinct barn owl Tyto noeli - directly associated with the type material of P. silvai - gave an age of 17,406 ± 161 YBP. Calibration of the same sample gave ages from 20,050 to 21,474 YBP.[2]
Diagnosis
P. silvai differs from P. falcatus and another extinct relative, P. vetus, by a longer skull, wider postorbital width and long facial region. Its rostrum is larger and upturned with nares dorsally directed, higher than wide.
References
- ↑ "Phyllops silvai". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=159103.
- ↑ Suárez, William; Diaz-Franco, Stephen (2003). "A New Fossil Bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from a Quaternary Cave Deposit in Cuba.". Caribbean Journal of Science 39 (3): 371–377. https://www.academia.edu/7987590/A_New_Fossil_Bat_Chiroptera_Phyllostomidae_from_a_Quaternary_Cave_Deposit_in_Cuba.
Wikidata ☰ Q107980152 entry
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