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Common Name
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Classification
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Diet
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Status
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Distribution
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| Family: Phyllostomidae |
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| Subfamily: Phyllonycterinae |
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| Antillean Fruit & Nectar Bat |
Brachyphylla nana nana |
Frugivore |
Rare |
Cuba (Isle of Pines), Grand Cayman |
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Antillean Nectar Bat (Brachyphylla nana nana) eats fruit, nectar, pollen and small insects. It lives only in Cuba and Grand Cayman. Other subspecies are found on Hispaniola and Grand (Middle) Caicos. They have big feet and flexible toes for climbing about in fruit trees. They have rounded snouts and look like tiny flying piglets. They can be crop pests, especially on naseberries. No roosting sites for this bat have ever been found, though they are thought to live in caves.
Very Rare |
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