Phyllodia

• Pteronotus alitonus Pteronotus (Phyllodia) alitonus

  This medium-sized bat is recorded mainly in forests of the Guianas and the Brazilian Amazon. It resembles a close relative, so skull and dental traits help with identification.

• Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat Pteronotus (Phyllodia) mesoamericanus

  An insect-eating bat studied in a Costa Rican dry-forest population in 2020, where researchers examined how wing shape related to diet.

• Mexican Common Mustached Bat Pteronotus (Phyllodia) mexicanus

  Pteronotus mexicanus is an insect-eating bat from Mexico's Pacific slope. A 2024 paper treats it as a distinct species from the P. parnellii group and lists habitats ranging from forest to dry shrubland.

• Paraguana Common Mustached Bat Pteronotus (Phyllodia) paraguanensis

  The Paraguana common mustached bat is a small cave-roosting bat recorded only on the Paraguana Peninsula of Venezuela. Three caves on the peninsula are its only known daytime refuges.

• Common Mustached Bat Pteronotus (Phyllodia) parnellii

  The current MDD gives Cuba and Jamaica as the range of this species. Appearance and cave ecology in the Jamaican management plan refer to the Jamaican subspecies P. p. parnellii.

• Puerto Rican Common Mustached Bat Pteronotus (Phyllodia) portoricensis

  This bat occurs on Puerto Rico and Mona Island. Its species account describes banded dorsal hairs, roosting in humid caves, and foraging in rainforest.

• Hispaniolan Common Mustached Bat Pteronotus (Phyllodia) pusillus

  This bat is found on Hispaniola. Historical specimen records, published under an earlier subspecies name, include pregnant females captured in a cave on the island.

• Wagner's Common Mustached Bat Pteronotus (Phyllodia) rubiginosus

  A bat of the Amazon region that roosts in caves. The INPA species account reports coat colors ranging from black to reddish brown.