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Noctilionoidea

Mammalia - Chiroptera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Noctilionoidea Gray
2015Noctilionoidea Hand et al.
2015Noctilionoidea Shi and Rabosky
2018Noctilionoidea Amador et al.

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821

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.

Superfm. Noctilionoidea Gray 1821
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Fm. Furipteridae [smoky bat]
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G. Furipterus Bonaparte 1837 [thumbless bat]
Fm. Mystacinidae Dobson 1875 [New Zealand short-tailed bat]
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G. Mystacina Gray 1843
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†Mystacina miocenalis Hand et al. 2015
Mystacina robusta Dwyer 1962
G. †Vulcanops Hand et al. 2018
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†Vulcanops jennyworthyae Hand et al. 2018
Fm. Noctilionidae Gray 1821 [bulldog bat]
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G. Noctilio Linnaeus 1766 [bulldog bat]
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Subg. Noctilio (Dirias) Miller 1906
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Noctilio albiventris Desmarest 1818
†Noctilio lacrimaelunaris Czaplewski 1996
Noctilio leporinus Linnaeus 1758 [greater bulldog bat]
Fm. Phyllostomidae Gray 1825 [leaf-nosed bat]
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Subfm. Carolliinae Miller 1924
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G. Carollia Gray 1838 [short-tailed fruit bat]
Subfm. Desmodontinae Bonaparte 1845
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G. Desmodus Wied-Neuwied 1826 [vampire bat]
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†Desmodus archaeodaptes Morgan et al. 1988
†Desmodus draculae Morgan et al. 1988
Desmodus rotundus Geoffroy 1810 [common vampire bat]
†Desmodus stocki Jones 1958
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Invalid names: Desmodus magnus Gut 1959 [synonym]
G. Lophostoma d'Orbigny 1836 [round-eared bat]
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Lophostoma silvicolum d'Orbigny 1836
G. Macrophyllum Gray 1838 [Long-legged bat]
G. Micronycteris Gray 1866 [big-eared bat]
G. Mimon Gray 1838
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Mimon bennettii Gray 1838 [Mimon bennettii]
G. Phylloderma Peters 1865
Subfm. Phyllostominae Gray 1825
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G. Chrotopterus Peters 1865 [big-eared woolly bat]
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G. Phyllostomus Lacépède 1799 [spear-nosed bat]
G. Tonatia Gray 1827
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G. Platyrrhinus Saussure 1860 [broad-nosed bat]
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G. †Cubanycteris Mancina and García-Rivera 2005
G. Phyllops Peters 1865 [fig-eating bat]
G. Sturnira Gray 1842 [yellow-shouldered bat]
G. Trachops Gray 1847
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Trachops cirrhosus Spix 1823 [fringe-lipped bat]
G. Uroderma Peters 1865
Invalid names: Lonchophyllinae Griffiths 1982 [empty], Phyllostomatidae Savage 1951 [synonym]
Fm. Thyropteridae [disk-winged bat]
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G. Thyroptera Spix 1823
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Thyroptera robusta Czaplewski 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available