Brachyphylla

The Antillean fruit Vampire ( brachyphylla ) are a bat species from the family of leaf lobes ( Phyllostomidae ), where they are managed in a separate subfamily, Brachyphyllinae.

The fur of these animals is colored yellowish or ivory at the top, shoulders, neck and flanks are white and the bottom brown. The snout is conical, a nose sheet is absent, only a horseshoe-shaped bales around the nose. The ears are medium in size, the tail is missing. With 7 to 12 centimeters in body length and 45-67 grams in weight, they are among the medium-sized bats.

These bats live in the West Indies, their range extends from Cuba to Barbados. During the day they sleep in caves or buildings, often in large groups of up to 10,000 animals. At night, they go in search of food, they are omnivores and take nectar, pollen, seeds, fruits and insects to him.

There are two types:

• Brachyphylla nana is the smaller of the two species. She lives in Cuba, Hispaniola, the Cayman Islands and the Caicos Islands. In Jamaica and the Bahamas it is probably extinct in prehistoric times. The IUCN lists them as low.
• Brachyphylla cavernarum is slightly larger. The species lives in Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles to Barbados.