Jamaican flower bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Jamaican flower bat Phyllonycteris aphylla Critically endangered

Where the Jamaican flower bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 10 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

No free-licence photo of a live animal was found on Wikimedia Commons.

Scientific name	Phyllonycteris aphylla
Group	Bats
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Phyllostomidae

Where does the Jamaican flower bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Jamaican flower bat in 1 country or territory across North America.

Jamaica

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Jamaican flower bat endangered?

The Jamaican flower bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Jamaican flower bat?

The Jamaican flower bat (Phyllonycteris aphylla) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Phyllostomidae, genus Phyllonycteris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Jamaican flower bat

The Jamaican flower bat (Phyllonycteris aphylla) is a critically endangered species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Jamaica.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Jamaican flower bat (revision 1314632732), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1831141 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).