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Nyctalus noctula

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Vespertilio noctula was named by Schreber (1774). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nyctalus noctula by Kurten (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1774Vespertilio noctula Schreber
1968Nyctalus noctula Kurten p. 57

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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
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusNyctalusBowdich 1925
speciesnoctula(Schreber 1774)

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.

Nyctalus noctula Schreber 1774
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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: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Nyctalus noctula (183123)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) Nyctalus noctula (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Nyctalus noctula (49816)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Nyctalus noctula (235636)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece (Boeotia) Nyctalus noctula (203845)