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Phyllostomus (spear-nosed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Taxonomy
Phyllostomus was named by Lacépède (1799). It is extant. It is the type genus of Phyllostominae.

It was assigned to Phyllostomina by Gray (1825); and to Phyllostominae by Salles et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Phyllostomus Lacépède
1825Phyllostomus Gray p. 338
2006Phyllostomus Salles et al. p. 7

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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
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
familyPhyllostomidaeGray 1825
subfamilyPhyllostominaeGray 1825
genusPhyllostomusLacépède 1799

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. Phyllostomus Lacépède 1799 [spear-nosed bat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available