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title: "Leach's Single Leaf Bat"
description: "Monophyllus redmani — Ssaki. Leach's single leaf bat (Monophyllus redmani), also known as Greater Antillean long-tongued bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/leach-s-single-leaf-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Leach's Single Leaf Bat

> Monophyllus redmani — Ssaki. Leach's single leaf bat (Monophyllus redmani), also known as Greater Antillean long-tongued bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.

- Scientific name: *Monophyllus redmani*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 53
- Wikidata: [Q1829768](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1829768)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41175](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41175)

## Names

- en: Leach's Single Leaf Bat
- de: Große Antillen-Langzungenfledermaus
- es: Murciélago de hoja nasal de las antillas
- fr: Fer-de-lance de Redman

## Countries with the most observations

PR (25), JM (12), DO (9), CU (4)

## Summary

Leach's single leaf bat (Monophyllus redmani), also known as Greater Antillean long-tongued bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in the southern Bahamas and in all the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (both Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico). It forms large colonies, with up to a few hundred thousand individuals, and feeds on a relatively wide variety of food items including pollen, nectar, fruit and insects.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leach%27s_single_leaf_bat

## Photo

![Leach's Single Leaf Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/leach-s-single-leaf-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: G H Ford · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MonophyllusRedmaniiFord.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/leach-s-single-leaf-bat?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).