Peropteryx

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Emballonuroidea
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: Emballonuroidea

Familia: Emballonuridae
Subfamilia: Emballonurinae
Genus: Peropteryx
Species (5): P. kappleri – P. leucoptera – P. macrotis – P. pallidoptera – P. trinitatis

Name

Peropteryx Peters, 1867: 472

Type species: Vespertilio caninus Wied-Neuwied, 1821, by original designation.

Synonyms

Peronymus Peters, 1868: 145 [as subgenus of Peropteryx; synonymized by Hood & Gardner (2008: 197)]
- Type species: Peropteryx leucoptera Peters, 1867, by monotypy.

Taxonomic note: Peronymus was treated as a distinct genus by Miller (1907), Thomas (1924), Sanborn (1937), Husson (1962, 1978), Linares (1986), Brosset & Charles-Dominique (1990), Corbet & Hill (1991); as a subgenus of Peropteryx by Honaki et al. (1982), Koopman (1982, 1984), Jones & Hood (1993), Koopman (1993, 1994), McKenna & Bell (1997), Simmons & Voss (1998), Simmons (2005: 389); or as a junior synonym of Peropteryx by Hood & Gardner (2008: 197) and Lim et al. (2010: 16).

References

Primary references

Peters, W. 1867. Über die zu denGattungen Mimon und Saccopteryx gehörigen Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 469–481. BHL
Peters, W. 1868. Über eine neue Untergattung der Flederthiere, so wieüber neue Gattungen und Arten von Fischen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1868: 145–148. BHL

Additional references

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.
Hood, C. & Gardner, A.L. [2007] 2008. Family Emballonuridae Gervais, 1856. Pp. 188–207 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.
Lim, B.K., Engstrom, M.D., Reid, F.A., Simmons, N.B., Voss, R.S. & Fleck, D.W. 2010. A new species of Peropteryx (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) from western Amazonia with comments on phylogenetic relationships within the genus. American Museum Novitates 3686: 1–20. hdl: 2246/6070 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Dog-like Bats