Phyllops vetus is an extinct relative of the Cuban fig-eating bat.[1] Its remains have been found on Cuba and Isle of Pines.

Phyllops vetus
Temporal range: Late Quaternary
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Phyllops
Species:
P. vetus
Binomial name
Phyllops vetus
(Anthony, 1917)

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

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  1. ^ Anthony, H.E. (1917). "A new rabbit and a new bat from neotropical regions". Bulletin of the AMNH. 37. hdl:2246/1823.
  2. ^ 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.