Noctilio
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Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Noctilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Noctilionidae
Genus: Noctilio
Subgenera: N. (Dirias) – N. (Noctilio)
Species (2 + †1): N. albiventris – †N. lacrimaelunaris – N. leporinus
Name
edit- Type species: Noctilio americanus Linnaeus, 1766, by monotypy.
Synonymy
edit- Noctileo Tiedemann, 1808: 536 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Noctilio Linnaeus]
- Celaeno Leach, 1821: 69
- Type species: Celaeno brooksiana Leach, 1821, by monotypy.
- Dirias Miller, 1906: 84 [accepted as subgenus]
- Type species: Noctilio albiventer Spix, 1823, by original designation.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532. BHL Reference page.
- Leach, W.E. 1821. The Characters of three new Genera of Bats without foliaceous Appendages to the Nose. The Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London 13: 69–72. BHL Reference page.
- Miller, Jr., G.S. 1906. Twelve new genera of bats. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 19: 83–87. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Lewis-Oritt, N., Van Den Bussche, R.A. & Baker, R.J. 2001. Molecular Evidence for Evolution of Piscivory in Noctilio (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae). Journal of Mammalogy 82(3): 748–759. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2001)082<0748:MEFEOP>2.0.CO;2
- Pavan, A.C., Martins, F.M. & Morgante, J.S. 2013. Evolutionary history of bulldog bats (genus Noctilio): recent diversification and the role of the Caribbean in Neotropical biogeography. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108(1): 210–224. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01979.x Reference page.
Vernacular names
editespañol: Murciélagos pescadores
português: Morcegos pescadores
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