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--> GENUS Pteronotus
--> SUBGENUS Phyllodia
SPECIES Pteronotus (Phyllodia) pristinus
Author: | Silva-Taboada, 1974. | Citation: | Acta Zool. Cracoviensia, 19: 49. | Common Name: | Prinstine Mustached Bat | Type Locality: | Cuba, Las Villas Province, Trinidad, Cueva de los Masones. | Distribution: | Cuba, possibly Florida (USA). | Status: | Extinct; IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001). | Comments: | Subgenus Phyllodia. Known only from subfossils, but found in the same sedimentary deposits as remains of many extant bat species (Silva-Taboada, 1974, 1979). Morphology and phylogenetic relationships discussed by Simmons and Conway (2001). |
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