Leach's single leaf bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Leach's single leaf bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Monophyllus redmani
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Phyllostomidae

Where does the Leach's single leaf bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Leach's single leaf bat in 1 country or territory across North America.

Dominican Republic

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 Leach's single leaf bat endangered?

The Leach's single leaf bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Leach's single leaf bat?

The Leach's single leaf bat (Monophyllus redmani) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Phyllostomidae, genus Monophyllus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Leach's single leaf bat

Leach's single leaf bat (Monophyllus redmani), also known as Greater Antillean long-tongued bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in the southern Bahamas and in all the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (both Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico). It forms large colonies, with up to a few hundred thousand individuals, and feeds on a relatively wide variety of food items including pollen, nectar, fruit and insects.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Leach's single leaf bat (revision 1330611878), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1829768 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).