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Nycticeius

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Nycticeius was named by Rafinesque (1819). It is extant.

It was assigned to Vespertilionae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Vespertilionidae by Sherman (1952) and Rabon et al. (2000).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Nycticeius Rafinesque p. 417
1952Nycticeius Sherman p. 88
1980Nycticeius Kurten and Anderson p. 124
2000Nycticeius Rabon et al. p. 62

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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
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusNycticeiusRafinesque 1819

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. Nycticeius Rafinesque 1819
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Nycticeius humeralis Rafinesque 1818 [evening bat]
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, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.012 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) N. humeralis (195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) N. humeralis (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) N. humeralis (84195)