Phyllops vetus

Phyllops vetus is an extinct relative of the Cuban fig-eating bat.^[1] Its remains have been found on Cuba and Isle of Pines.

Phyllops vetus Temporal range: Late Quaternary
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Phyllops
Species:	†P. vetus
Binomial name
†Phyllops vetus (Anthony, 1917)

P. vetus was smaller than its living relative. Recent discoveries in Cuba suggest that it survived into the Late Quaternary, perhaps as recently as 2,000 years ago.^[2]