Mystacina tuberculata

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Mystacina tuberculata

Taxonavigation

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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
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Mystacinidae
Genus: Mystacina
Species: Mystacina tuberculata

Name

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Mystacina tuberculata Gray, 1843: 296 [conserved name]

  • Syntypes: BMNH a and b. [lost]
  • Type locality: “New Zealand”.
  • Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1994 (2002: 63).

Synonyms

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  • Mystacina velutina Hutton, 1872: 185
    • Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1994 (2002: 63).
  • Mystacina tuberculata aupourica Hill & Daniel, 1985: 294
    • Holotype: AIM M309, ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by M.J. Daniel on 22 May 1975.
    • Type locality: “Omahuta Kauri Sanctuary, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, 35°10'S, 175°37'E”.
  • Mystacina tuberculata rhyacobia Hill & Daniel, 1985: 295
    • Holotype: AIM M304, ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by G.R.S. Gerrard in July 1963.
    • Type locality: “Te Rimu area, upper Waimarino River, Kaimanawa Forest Park, SE of Lake Taupo, central North Island, New Zealand, 39°02'S, 175°56'E, c. 700 ft”.

Native distribution areas

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  • New Zealand: North Island, South Island and several offshore islands.

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Carter, G.G. & Riskin, D.K. 2006. Mystacina tuberculata. Mammalian Species (790) DOI: 10.1644/790.1
  • Daniel, M.J. 1979. The New Zealand short-tailed bat, Mystacina tuberculata; a review of present knowledge. New Zealand journal of zoology 6(2): 357–370. BUGZ Google books
  • Jones, G.; Webb, P.I.; Sedgeley, J.A.; O'Donnell, C.F.J. 2003. Mysterious Mystacina: how the New Zealand short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata) locates insect prey. Journal of experimental biology 206: 4209–4216. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00678
  • Kennedy, M.; Wilson, K.-J.; Worthy, T.; Paterson, A.; Dwyer, P.D. 2000. Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of the names Mystacina Gray, 1843, Chalinolobus Peters, 1866, M. tuberculata Gray, 1843 and C. tuberculatus (J.R. Forster, 1844) (Mammalia, Chiroptera) (Case 3095; see BZN 56: 250–254). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 57: 117–118. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL
  • Spencer, H.G.; Lee, D.E. 1999. Case 3095. Mystacina Gray, 1843, Chalinolobus Peters, 1866, M. tuberculata Gray, 1843 and Vespertilio tuberculatus J.R. Forster, 1844 (currently C. tuberculatus) (Mammalia, Chiroptera): proposed conservation of usage of the names. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 56: 250–254. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL
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Vernacular names

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English: New Zealand Lesser Short-tailed Bat
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