Rhinonycteridae
Taxonavigation
editFamilia: Rhinonycteridae
Genera: †Archerops – †Brachipposideros – †Brevipalatus – Cloeotis – Paratriaenops – Rhinonicteris – Triaenops – †Xenorhinos
Name
editRhinonycteridae Gray, 1866: 81
- Type genus: Rhinonicteris Gray, 1847
Combinations
edit- Rhinonycterina Gray, 1866 : 81 [described as subtribe]
- Rhinonycterini: McKenna & Bell, 1997: 306 [elevate to tribe rank]
- Rhinonycterinae: McKenna & Bell, 1997: 306 [elevate to subfamily rank]
- Rhinonycteridae: Foley, Thong, Soisook, Goodman, Armstrong, Jacobs, Puechmaille & Teeling, 2015: 319 [elevate to family rank]
Synonyms
editReferences
editPrimary references
edit- Gray J.E. 1866. A revision of the genera of Rhinolophidae, or horseshoe bats. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 81–83. BHL Reference page.
- McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page.
- Benda, P. & Vallo, P. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the genus Triaenops (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) with description of a new species from southern Arabia and definitions of a new genus and tribe. Folia Zoologica 58: 1–45. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
- Foley, N.M., Thong, V.D., Soisook, P., Goodman, S.M., Armstrong, K.N., Jacobs, D.S., Puechmaille, S.J. & Teeling, E.C. 2015. How and Why Overcome the Impediments to Resolution: Lessons from rhinolophid and hipposiderid Bats. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32(2): 313–333. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu329 Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Hand, S.J. & Kirsch, J.A.W. 2003. Archerops, a new annectent hipposiderid genus (Mammalia: Microchiroptera) from the Australian Miocene. Journal of Paleontology 77(6): 1139–1151. DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<1139:AANAHG>2.0.CO;2 ResearchGate Reference page.
- Armstrong, K.N., Goodman, S.M., Benda, P. & Hand, S.J. 2016. A common name for the bat family Rhinonycteridae—the Trident Bats. Zootaxa 4179(1): 115–117. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.7 Reference page.
- Wilson, L.A.B., Hand, S,J., López-Aguirre, C., Archer, M., Black, K.H., Beck, R.M.D., Armstrong, K.N. & Roe, S. 2016. Cranial shape variation and phylogenetic relationships of extinct and extant Old World leaf-nosed bats. Alcheringa 40(4): 509–524 . DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2016.1196434
Vernacular names
editEnglish: Trident Bats
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