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Mormoopidae (ghost-faced bat)
Taxonomy
Mormoopidae was named by Saussure (1860). It is extant.
It was assigned to Microchiroptera by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Chiroptera by Nowak (1991) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Noctilionoidea by Shi and Rabosky (2015) and Amador et al. (2018); and to Yangochiroptera by Morgan et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Microchiroptera by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Chiroptera by Nowak (1991) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Noctilionoidea by Shi and Rabosky (2015) and Amador et al. (2018); and to Yangochiroptera by Morgan et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1860 | Mormoopidae Saussure |
| 1980 | Mormoopidae Kurten and Anderson p. 116 |
| 1991 | Mormoopidae Nowak |
| 2005 | Mormoopidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2015 | Mormoopidae Shi and Rabosky |
| 2018 | Mormoopidae Amador et al. |
| 2019 | Mormoopidae Morgan et al. |
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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. Mormoopidae Saussure 1860 [ghost-faced bat]
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G. Pteronotus Gray 1838 [mustached bat]
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Pteronotus parnellii Gray 1843
Pteronotus personatus Wagner 1843 [Wagners mustached bat]
†Pteronotus pristinus Silva-Taboada 1974
Invalid names: Chilonycteris Gray 1839 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available