Phyllostomus
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Genus of bats
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| Pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllostominae |
| Genus: | Phyllostomus Lacépède, 1799 |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio hastatus Pallas, 1767
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Phyllostomus is a genus of leaf-nosed bat.[1] It contains four described species.
Species
[edit]Genus Phyllostomus - spear-nosed bats
- Pale spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus discolor
- Lesser spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus elongatus
- Greater spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus hastatus
- Guianan spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus latifolius
References
[edit]- ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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