Mormoopidae

Mormoops megalophylla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Mormoopidae
Genera (2 + †1): †Koopmanycteris – Mormoops – Pteronotus

Name

Mormoopidae Saussure, 1860

• Type genus: Mormoops Leach, 1821

Synonymy

• Mormopsins Saussure, 1860: 286 [original spelling, as subtribus]

• Lobostominae Dobson, 1875: 348
  • Type genus: Lobostoma Gundlach, 1840

• Chilonycteriinae Flower & Lydekker, 1891: 672 [as subfamilia of Phyllostomidae]
  • Type genus: Chilonycteris Gray, 1839

• Chilonycteridae Dalquest & Werner, 1954 [elevate to familia]
• Mormoopidae Smith, 1972: 41 [elevate to familia]

References

Primary references

• Saussure, H. de 1860. Note sur quelques mammifères du Mexique. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. Series 2 12: 3–11, 53–57, 97–110, 241–254, 281–293, 377–383, 425–431, 479–494, 4 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Flower, W.H. & Lydekker, R. 1891. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Adam and Charles Black: London. 763 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Smith, J.D. 1972. Systematics of the Chiropteran Family Mormoopidae. Miscellaneous Publication, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History 56: 1–132. BHL Reference page. 
• Lewis-Oritt, N., Porter, C.A. & Baker, R.J. 2001. Molecular Systematics of the Family Mormoopidae (Chiroptera) Based on Cytochrome b and Recombination Activating Gene 2 Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(3): 426–436. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0978 Reference page. 
• Simmons, N.B. & Conway, T.M. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of mormoopid bats (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae) based on morphological data. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 258: 1–97. hdl: 2246/1608 Reference page. 
• Van Den Bussche, R.A., Hoofer, S.R. & Simmons, N.B. 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships of Mormoopid Bats Using Mitochondrial Gene Sequences and Morphology. Journal of Mammalogy 83(1): 40–48. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0040:PROMBU>2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Van Den Bussche, R.A. & Weyandt, S.E. 2003. Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data provide resolution to sister-group relationships within Pteronotus (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae). Acta Chiropterologica 5(1): 1–13. DOI: 10.3161/001.005.0101 Reference page. 
• Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Dávalos, L.M. 2006. The geography of diversification in the mormoopids (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88(1): 101–118. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00605.x Reference page. 
• Patton, J.L. & Gardner, A.L. [2007] 2008. Family Mormoopidae Saussure, 1860. Pp. 376–384 in Gardner, A.L. (ed.), Mammals of South America. Volume 1. Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4. Reference page. 
• Pavan, A. 2019. Family Mormoopidae (Ghost-faced Bats, Naked-backed Bats and Moustached Bats). Pp. 424–443 in Wilson, D.E. & Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.) . Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-16728-19-0 Reference page. 
• Morgan, G.S., Czaplewski, N.J. & Simmons, N.B. 2019. A New Mormoopid Bat from the Oligocene (Whitneyan and Early Arikareean) of Florida, and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Major Clades of Mormoopidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 434: 1–146. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.434.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kinnblattfledermäuse
English: Moustache Bats, Ghost-faced Bats and Naked-backed Bats