Biology:Phyllops vetus
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Short description: Extinct species of bat
| Phyllops vetus Temporal range: Late Quaternary
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Phyllops |
| Species: | †P. vetus
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| †Phyllops vetus (Anthony, 1917)
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Phyllops vetus is an extinct relative of the Cuban fig-eating bat.[1] Its remains have been found on Cuba and Isle of Pines.
P. vetus was smaller than its living relative. Recent discoveries in Cuba suggest that it survived into the Late Quaternary, perhaps as recently as 2,000 years ago.[2]
References
- ↑ Anthony, H.E. (1917). "A new rabbit and a new bat from neotropical regions.". Bulletin of the AMNH 37.
- ↑ Orihuela, Johanset; Pérez Orozco, Leonel; Álvarez Licourt, Jorge L.; Viera Muñoz, Ricardo A.; Santana Barani, Candido (2020). "Late Holocene land vertebrate fauna from Cueva de los Nesofontes, Western Cuba: Stratigraphy, chronology, diversity, and paleoecology". Palaeontologia Electronica 23 (3): a57. doi:10.26879/995. ISSN 1935-3952.
Wikidata ☰ Q107980113 entry
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