Brachyphylla cavernarum cavernarum (Antillean Fruit-Eating Bat)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Czech:

Listonos Antilský

Common Names in English:

Antillean Fruit-Eating Bat

Description

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Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,139 meters (0 to -13,579 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Mammalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Theriiformes () - (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Infraclass: Holotheria () - (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Sublegion: Zatheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida () - (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Supercohort: Theria () - (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Cohort: Placentalia () - (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Magnorder: Epitheria () - (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superorder: Preptotheria () - (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
        Grandorder: Archonta () - (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
        Order: Chiroptera () - Blumenbach, 1779
        Suborder: Microchiroptera () - Dobson, 1875
        Infraorder: Yangochiroptera () - Koopman, 1984
        Superfamily: Noctilionoidea () - (Gray, 1821) Van Valen, 1979
        Family: Phyllostomidae () - (Gray, 1825) Waterhouse, 1839
        Subfamily: Glossophaginae ()
        Tribe: Brachyphyllini ()
        Genus: Brachyphylla () - Gray, 1833[1834]
        Specific name: cavernarum
        Subspecies: cavernarum
        Scientific name: - Brachyphylla cavernarum cavernarum

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Brachyphylla

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

B. cavernarum (Lesser Antillean Fruit-Eating Bat) · B. cavernarum cavernarum (Antillean Fruit-Eating Bat) · B. nana (Greater Antillean Fruit-Eating Bat)

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5529789
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2340734

Footnotes

Mean = -2,712.200 meters (-8,898.294 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,911.980 based on 20 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]