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Mormoops
Taxonomy
Mormoops was named by Leach (1821). It is extant.
It was assigned to Rhinolophina by Gray (1825); to Phyllostomatidae by Choate and Birney (1968); and to Mormoopidae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rabon et al. (2000) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Rhinolophina by Gray (1825); to Phyllostomatidae by Choate and Birney (1968); and to Mormoopidae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rabon et al. (2000) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Mormoops Leach p. 76 |
| 1825 | Mormoops Gray p. 338 |
| 1968 | Mormoops Choate and Birney |
| 1980 | Mormoops Kurten and Anderson p. 116 |
| 1997 | Mormoops McKenna and Bell |
| 2000 | Mormoops Rabon et al. p. 59 |
| 2005 | Mormoops Wilson and Reeder |
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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. Mormoops Leach 1821
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Mormoops blainvillei Leach 1821 [Antillean ghost-faced bat]
†Mormoops megaphylla Peters 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.012 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.012 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | M. megalophylla (195112) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | M. megalophylla (20636) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | M. megalophylla (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Puerto Rico | M. blainvillii (194492) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Bahia) | M. megalophylla (71313) | |
| Holocene | USA (Texas) | M. megalophyla (74474) | |
| Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda | M. blainvillei (94615) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Bahia) | M. megalophylla (212250) |