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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) and 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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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