Brown Flower Bat

Erophylla bombifrons

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae

The brown flower bat (Erophylla bombifrons) is a species of bat from the family Phyllostomidae native to the island of Hispaniola (in Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico. Taxonomy In some cases, the brown flower bat is recognized as part of the buffy flower bat, and there are two recognized subspecies: Erophylla bombifrons bombifrons and E. b.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Brown Flower Bat

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