Vampyriscus

Vampyriscus nymphaea

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

Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Stenodermatinae
Tribus: Stenodermatini
Genus: Vampyriscus
Species: V. bidens – V. brocki – V. nymphaea

Name

Vampyriscus Thomas, 1900: 270 (originally as subgenus)

Type species: Chiroderma bidens Dobson, 1878, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Metavampyressa Peterson, 1968: 13
  • Type species: Vampyressa nymphaea Thomas, 1909, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1900. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 5: 269–274. BHL Reference page. 
• Baker, R.J., Hoofer, S.R., Porter, C.A. & Van Den Bussche, R.A. 2003. Diversification among New World leafnosed bats: an evolutionary hypothesis and classification inferred from digenomic congruence of DNA sequence. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 230: 1–32.

Additional references

• Porter, C.A. & Baker, R.J. 2004. Systematics of Vampyressa and related genera of phyllostomid bats as determined by cytochrome-b sequences. Journal of Mammalogy 85(1): 126–132. DOI: 10.1644/BWG-110
• Arroyo-Cabrales, J. [2007] 2008. Genus Vampyriscus O. Thomas, 1900. Pp. 350–355 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. 

Links

• Vampyriscus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

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