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Noctilio (bulldog bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Noctilionidae

Taxonomy
Noctilio was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

It was assigned to Noctilioninia by Gray (1825); and to Noctilionidae by Choate and Birney (1968) and Salles et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Noctilio Linnaeus
1825Noctilio Gray p. 339
1968Noctilio Choate and Birney
2006Noctilio Salles et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
familyNoctilionidae
genusNoctilioLinnaeus 1766

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Noctilio Linnaeus 1766 [bulldog bat]
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Subg. Noctilio (Dirias) Miller 1906
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Noctilio albiventris Desmarest 1818
†Noctilio lacrimaelunaris Czaplewski 1996
Noctilio leporinus Linnaeus 1758 [greater bulldog bat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.0 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia Noctilio albiventris (13749)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Noctilio lacrimaelunaris (55602)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Peru (Ucayali) Noctilio lacrimaelunaris (144064)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico Noctilio leporinus (194492)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Noctilio leporinus (212250)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Noctilio leporinus, Noctilio albiventris (21686)