Banana Bat

Banana Bat: Banana Bat

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Phyllostomidae

Genus: Musonycteris

Species: M. harrisoni

Binomial name

Musonycteris harrisoni
Schaldach & McLaughlin, 1960

The Banana Bat (Musonycteris harrisoni) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is monotypic within the genus Musonycteris.^{[citation needed]} It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Musonycteris harrisoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

v · Phyllostomidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Laurasiatheria · Order: Chiroptera

Subfamilies Brachyphyllinae, Carolliinae, Desmodontinae, Phyllonycterinae

Brachyphyllinae

Brachyphylla

Cuban Fruit-eating Bat (B. nana) · Antillean Fruit-eating Bat (B. cavernarum)

Carolliinae

Carollia
(Short-tailed
Leaf-nosed Bats)

Benkeith's Short-tailed Bat (C. benkeithi) · Silky Short-tailed Bat (C. brevicauda) · Chestnut Short-tailed Bat (C. castanea) · Colombian Short-tailed Bat (C. colombiana) · Manu Short-tailed Bat (C. manu) · C. monohernandezi · Seba's Short-tailed Bat (C. perspicillata) · Sowell's Short-tailed Bat (C. sowelli) · Gray Short-tailed Bat (C. subrufa)

Rhinophylla

Hairy Little Fruit Bat (R. alethina) · Fischer's Little Fruit Bat (R. fischerae) · Dwarf Little Fruit Bat (R. pumilio)

Desmodontinae
(Vampire Bats)

Desmodus

Common Vampire Bat (D. rotundus)

Diaemus

White-winged Vampire Bat (D. youngi)

Diphylla

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat (D. ecaudata)

Phyllonycterinae

Erophylla

Phyllonycteris

Jamaican Flower Bat (P. aphylla) · Cuban Flower Bat (P. poeyi)

Subfamily Glossophaginae

Glossophagini

Anoura
(Geoffroy's
Long-nosed Bats)

A. aequatoris · Choeroniscus

Godman's Long-tailed Bat (C. godmani) · Greater Long-tailed Bat (C. periosus) · Minor Long-nosed Long-tongued Bat (C. minor)

Choeronycteris

Mexican Long-tongued Bat (C. mexicana)

Glossophaga

Commissaris's Long-tongued Bat (G. commissarisi) · Gray Long-tongued Bat (G. leachii) · Miller's Long-tongued Bat (G. longirostris) · Western Long-tongued Bat (G. morenoi) · Pallas's Long-tongued Bat (G. soricina)

Hylonycteris

Underwood's Long-tongued Bat (H. underwoodi)

Leptonycteris
(Saussure's
Long-nosed Bats)

Southern Long-nosed Bat (L. curasoae) · Greater Long-nosed Bat (L. nivalis) · Lesser Long-nosed Bat (L. yerbabuenae)

Lichonycteris

Dark Long-tongued Bat (L. obscura)

Monophyllus

Insular Single Leaf Bat (M. plethodon) · Leach's Single Leaf Bat (M. redmani)

Musonycteris

Banana Bat (M. harrisoni)

Scleronycteris

Ega Long-tongued Bat (S. ega)

Lonchophyllini

Lionycteris

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat (L. spurrelli)

Lonchophylla

Bokermann's Nectar Bat (L. bokermanni) · L. concava · Dekeyser's Nectar Bat (L. dekeyseri) · L. orienticollina · Platalina

Long-snouted Bat (P. genovensium)

Xeronycteris

Vieira's Long-tongued Bat (X. vieirai)

Subfamily Phyllostominae

Micronycterini

Glyphonycteris

Behn's Bat (G. behnii) · Davies's Big-eared Bat (G. daviesi) · Tricolored Big-eared Bat (G. sylvestris)

Lampronycteris

Yellow-throated Big-eared Bat (L. brachyotis)

Macrotus
(Big-eared Bats)

California Leaf-nosed Bat (M. californicus) · Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat (M. waterhousii)

Micronycteris
(Little Big-eared
Bats)

Brosset's Big-eared Bat (M. brosseti) · Neonycteris

Least Big-eared Bat (N. pusilla)

Trinycteris

Niceforo's Big-eared Bat (T. nicefori)

Vampyrini

Chrotopterus

Big-eared Woolly Bat (C. auritus)

Lophostoma

Tonatia
(Round-eared Bats)

Greater Round-eared Bat (T. bidens) · Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat (T. saurophila)

Trachops

Fringe-lipped Bat (T. cirrhosus)

Vampyrum

Spectral Bat (V. spectrum)

Lonchorhinini

Lonchorhina
(Sword-nosed Bats)

Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat (L. aurita) · Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat (L. fernandezi) · Northern Sword-nosed Bat (L. inusitata) · Marinkelle's Sword-nosed Bat (L. marinkellei) · Orinoco Sword-nosed Bat (L. orinocensis)

Macrophyllum

Long-legged Bat (M. macrophyllum)

Mimon
(Gray's Spear-nosed
Bats)

Golden Bat (M. bennettii) · Phyllostomatini

Phylloderma

Pale-faced Bat (P. stenops)

Phyllostomus
(Spear-nosed Bats)

Pale Spear-nosed Bat (P. discolor) · Lesser Spear-nosed Bat (P. elongatus) · Greater Spear-nosed Bat (P. hastatus) · Guianan Spear-nosed Bat (P. latifolius)

Subfamily Stenodermatinae

Ametrida
Little White-shouldered Bat (A. centurio)

Ardops
Tree Bat (A. nichollsi)

Ariteus
Jamaican Fig-eating Bat (A. flavescens)

Artibeus
(Neotropical Fruit Bats)
Subgenus Artibeus: Large Fruit-eating Bat (A. amplus) · Fringed Fruit-eating Bat (A. fimbriatus) · Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat (A. fraterculus) · Hairy Fruit-eating Bat (A. hirsutus) · Honduran Fruit-eating Bat (A. inopinatus) · Jamaican Fruit Bat (A. jamaicensis) · Great Fruit-eating Bat (A. lituratus) · Dark Fruit-eating Bat (A. obscurus) · Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat (A. planirostris)
Subgenus Dermanura: Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat (A. anderseni) · Aztec Fruit-eating Bat (A. aztecus) · Koopmania: Brown Fruit-eating Bat (A. concolor)

Centurio
Wrinkle-faced Bat (C. senex)

Chiroderma
(Big-eyed Bats)
Brazilian Big-eyed Bat (C. doriae) · Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat (C. improvisum) · Salvin's Big-eyed Bat (C. salvini) · Little Big-eyed Bat (C. trinitatum) · Hairy Big-eyed Bat (C. villosum)

Ectophylla
Honduran White Bat (E. alba)

Enchisthenes
Velvety Fruit-eating Bat (E. hartii)

Mesophylla
MacConnell's Bat (M. macconnelli)

Phyllops
(Falcate-winged Bats)
Cuban Fig-eating Bat (P. falcatus)

Platyrrhinus
P. angustirostris · P. aquilus · Eldorado Broad-nosed Bat (P. aurarius) · Short-headed Broad-nosed Bat (P. brachycephalus) · Choco Broad-nosed Bat (P. chocoensis) · Thomas's Broad-nosed Bat (P. dorsalis) · P. fusciventris · Heller's Broad-nosed Bat (P. helleri) · P. incarum · Buffy Broad-nosed Bat (P. infuscus) · P. nitelinea · Recife Broad-nosed Bat (P. recifinus) · Shadowy Broad-nosed Bat (P. umbratus) · Greater Broad-nosed Bat (P. vittatus)

Pygoderma
Ipanema Bat (P. bilabiatum)

Sphaeronycteris
Visored Bat (S. toxophyllum)

Stenoderma
Red Fruit Bat (S. rufum)

Sturnira
(Yellow-shouldered Bats)
Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. aratathomasi) · Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. bidens) · Bogota Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. bogotensis) · Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. erythromos) · Uroderma
(Tent-building Bats)

Tent-making Bat (U. bilobatum) · Brown Tent-making Bat (U. magnirostrum)

Vampyressa
(Yellow-eared Bats)
Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat (V. bidens) · Brock's Yellow-eared Bat (V. brocki) · Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat (V. melissa) · Striped Yellow-eared Bat (V. nymphaea) · Southern Little Yellow-eared Bat (V. pusilla) · Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat (V. thyone)

Vampyrodes
Great Stripe-faced Bat (V. caraccioli)

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Banana Bat
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Musonycteris
Species:	M. harrisoni
Binomial name
*Musonycteris harrisoni* Schaldach & McLaughlin, 1960

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