**Puerto Rican Long-tongued Bat (Phyllonycteris major)**

CAUTION: DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ORGANISM'S EXISTENCE, HABITAT, RANGE, OR EXTINCTION DERIVE SOLELY FROM THE REFERENCES BELOW. IT REMAINS UNCORROBORATED BY ANY OTHER AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE.

identified as native to Puerto Rico; disappeared ca. 1850 to 1900?
Please contact N. C. Heywood [e-mail] if you have any information that may help validate this case. Thank you.
Reference:

Nilsson, G. The Endangered Species Handbook QL82.N55 1983 ISBN 0-938-424-09-7 p.211

Williams, J. and Nowak, R. chapter in The Last Extinction QH75.L36 1993 pp. 107-139

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Causes	Endangerment	Pleistocene Timing	Pleistocene Origin	101 Calendar
Historical Era	Birds Map	Mammals Map	References	358 Calendar

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