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Nycteridae (slit-faced bat)
Taxonomy
Nycteridae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Microchiroptera by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Chiroptera by Nowak (1991) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Emballonuroidea by Ravel et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Microchiroptera by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Chiroptera by Nowak (1991) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Emballonuroidea by Ravel et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1883 | Nycteridae Flower p. 185 |
| 1891 | Nycteridae Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1991 | Nycteridae Nowak |
| 2005 | Nycteridae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2016 | Nycteridae Ravel et al. p. 391 |
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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.
Fm. Nycteridae [slit-faced bat]
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G. †Khoufechia Ravel et al. 2016
G. Nycteris Geoffroy 1803
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Nycteris arge Thomas 1903 [Batess slit-faced bat]
Nycteris javanica Geoffroy 1813 [Javan slit-faced bat]
Nycteris thebaica Saint-Hilaire 1818 [Egyptian slit-faced bat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available