Phyllonycteris

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea
Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Phyllonycterinae
Genus: Phyllonycteris
Subgenera: P. (Phyllonycteris) - P. (Reithronycteris)

Name

Phyllonycteris Gundlach, 1860

Type Species: Phyllonycteris poeyi Gundlach, 1861

Synonyms

Rhithronycteris Elliot, 1904

References

Gundlach, 1860. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1860: 817.
Phyllonycteris in Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder

Vernacular names
English: Flower Bats.

Phyllonycteris is a genus of bat in the Phyllostomidae family. It contains the following species:

Jamaican Flower Bat (Phyllonycteris aphylla)
† Puerto Rican Flower Bat (Phyllonycteris major)
Cuban Flower Bat (Phyllonycteris poeyi)