Jamaican Flower Bat
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The Jamaican Flower Bat (Phyllonycteris aphylla) is a species of bat
in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Jamaica
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Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
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Source
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Phyllonycteris aphylla. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.