Yangochiroptera

Vespertilio murinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yangochiroptera

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 Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera

‎Classis: Mammalia
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Familiae (14): Cistugidae – Emballonuridae – Furipteridae – Miniopteridae – Molossidae – Mormoopidae – Mystacinidae – Myzopodidae – Natalidae – Noctilionidae – Nycteridae – Phyllostomidae – Thyropteridae – Vespertilionidae

Name

Yangochiroptera Koopman, 1985: 26 [as a infraorder, elevate to suborder status by Springer, Teeling, Madsen, Stanhope & Jong, 2001: 6243]

References

Primary references

• Koopman, K.F. 1985. A synopsis of the families of bats. Part VII. Bat Research News 25: 25–27. [Dated 1984 but issued 1985]
• Springer, M.S., Teeling, E.C., Madsen, O., Stanhope, M.J. & de Jong, W.W. 2001. Integrated fossil and molecular data reconstruct bat echolocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98(11): 6241–6246. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.111551998 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Teeling, E.C., Scally, M., Kao, D.J., Romagnoli, M.L., Springer, M.S. & Stanhope, M.J. 2000. Molecular evidence regarding the origin of echolocation and flight in bats. Nature 403: 188–192. DOI: 10.1038/35003188 Reference page. 
• Teeling, E.C., Madsen, O., Van Den Bussche, R.A., de Jong, W.W., Stanhope, M.J. & Springer, M.S. 2002. Microbat paraphyly and the convergent evolution of a key innovation in Old World rhinolophoid microbats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99(3): 1431–1436. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.022477199 Reference page. 
• Hoofer, S.R., Reeder, S.A., Hansem, E.W., Van Den Busshe, R.A. 2003. Molecular Phylogenetics and Taxonomic Review of Noctilionoid and Vespertilionoid Bats (Chiroptera: Yangochiroptera). Journal of Mammalogy 84(3): 809–821. DOI: 10.1644/BWG-034
• Teeling, E.C., Madsen, O., Murphy, W.J., Springer, M.S. & O’Brien, S.J. 2003. Nuclear gene sequences confirm an ancient link between New Zealand short-tailed bats and South American noctilionoid bats. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28(2): 308–319. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00117-9 Reference page. 
• Van Den Bussche, R.A. & Hoofer, S.R. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among recent chiropteran families and the importance of choosing appropriate out-group taxa. Journal of Mammalogy 85(2): 321–330. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0321:PRARCF>2.0.CO;2
• Miller-Butterworth, C.M., Murphy, W.J., O'Brien S.J., Jacobs, D.S., Springer, M.S. & Teeling, E.C. 2007. A family matter: conclusive resolution of the taxonomic position of the long-fingered bats, Miniopterus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24(7): 1553–1561. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm076 Reference page. 
• Teeling, E.C., Dool, S. & Springer, M.S. 2012. Phylogenies, fossils and functional genes: the evolution of echolocation in bats. pp. 1–22, in Gunnell, G.F. & Simmons, N.B. (Eds.) Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.