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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
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: Carroll 1988, Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) N. noctula (183123)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) N. noctula (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) N. noctula (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary N. sp. (35476)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain N. lasiopterus, N. noctula (235636)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece (Boeotia) N. noctula (203845)