Cuban fig-eating bat

The Cuban fig-eating bat, or white-shouldered bat (Phyllops falcatus), is a fruit bat of the family Phyllostomidae found only in the Caribbean. It is the only living member of the genus Phyllops; two other species are known only from fossils. It is a moderately sized bat with dense, silky grey-brown fur and four small patches of pure white fur, one on each shoulder and one behind each ear. Adults measure about 5.5 to 6.5 centimetres in head and body length, weigh 16 to 23 grams, and females are larger than males. Its wings are broad with unusually long thumbs, giving slow but manoeuvrable flight, and it has no visible tail. It lives in forests and parkland from sea level to about 680 metres across Cuba, Hispaniola, the Cayman Islands and nearby islets. Despite its name little is known of its diet. It is nocturnal and shelters by day in dense foliage in small groups, and barn owls take many of them.