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Phyllostomus

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Phyllostomus
Pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Phyllostominae
Genus: Phyllostomus
Lacépède, 1799
Type species
Vespertilio hastatus
Pallas, 1767
Species

P. discolor
P. elongatus
P. hastatus
P latifolius

Phyllostomus is a genus of leaf-nosed bat.[1] It contains four described species.

Species

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Genus Phyllostomus - spear-nosed bats

References

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  1. ^ 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.