Brachyphylla nana Miller 1902

Brachyphylla nana Miller 1902, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 54: 409.

Type Locality: Cuba, Pinar del Río, El Guama.

Vernacular Names: Cuban Fruit-eating Bat.

Synonyms: Brachyphylla pumila Miller 1918 .

Distribution: Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica (extinct, known only from fossils), Grand Cayman (Cayman Isls, UK), Middle Caicos (SE Bahamas).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Includes pumila; see Jones and Carter (1976) and Swanepoel and Genoways (1978). Considered a subspecies of cavernarum by Buden (1977) and Hall (1981). Reviewed by Swanepoel and Genoways (1983 b) and Timm and Genoways (2003).