Brachyphylla Gray 1833

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 395-426 : 396

Brachyphylla Gray 1833

Brachyphylla Gray 1833 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833: 122.

Type Species: Brachyphylla cavernarum Gray 1834

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Brachyphylla cavernarum Gray 1833

Subspecies Brachyphylla cavernarum subsp. cavernarum Gray 1833

Subspecies Brachyphylla cavernarum subsp. intermedia Swanepoel and Genoways 1978

Subspecies Brachyphylla cavernarum subsp. minor Miller 1913

Species Brachyphylla nana Miller 1902

Discussion: Revised by Swanepoel and Genoways (1978). A key to this genus was presented by Swanepoel and Genoways (1983 a).