Critically Endangered
Jamaican flower bat
Phyllonycteris aphylla
Jamaican flower bat is a bat in the family Phyllostomidae (order Chiroptera) — Phyllonycteris aphylla, recorded as Critically Endangered.
Appearance
On the dorsal side of the forearm, its skin is pink. It has a disc-shaped, basic nose-leaf at the end of its snout. The fur is short, with individual hairs approximately 6 mm (0.24 in) long on its back and 4 mm (0.16 in) long on its belly.
It weighs 14–18 g (0.49–0.63 oz). Its total body length is 88 mm (3.5 in).
Range and habitat
It is only found on Jamaica. Clair Cave, although the Jamaican flower bat is no longer found there. Per McFarlane 1986, Goodwin 1970 stated that the bat could be found in three caves: St.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
In crisis
As of 2015, it is currently evaluated as critically endangered by the IUCN. It meets the criteria for this evaluation because it is only known from two caves, the population size is estimated at fewer than 500 individuals, and its population size is likely in decline. Clair Cave may be attributed to the population of feral cats living in the cave and preying on bats.
From 2008 to 2015, the IUCN had listed this species as least concern, that is the lowest risk level of extinction. This species is threatened by human disturbance to caves.
Jamaican flower bat is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Jamaican flower bat, Wikidata item Q1831141. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
