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Noctilio leporinus (greater bulldog bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Noctilionidae

Taxonomy
Vespertilio leporinus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Noctilio leporinus by Thomas (1911), Choate and Birney (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Vespertilio leporinus Linnaeus p. 32
1911Noctilio leporinus Thomas p. 131
1968Noctilio leporinus Choate and Birney

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
familyNoctilionidae
genusNoctilioLinnaeus 1766
speciesleporinus()

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.

Noctilio leporinus Linnaeus 1758 [greater bulldog bat]
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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: Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Noctilio leporinus (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Noctilio leporinus (212250)