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Nyctalus

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Nyctalus was named by Bowdich (1925). It is extant.

It was assigned to Vespertilionidae by Kurten (1968) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Species
N. noctula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Nyctalus Bowdich p. 36
1968Nyctalus Kurten p. 57
1980Nyctalus Kurten and Anderson

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusNyctalusBowdich 1925

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. Nyctalus Bowdich 1925
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Nyctalus noctula Schreber 1774
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available