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Micronycteris (big-eared bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Taxonomy
Micronycteris was named by Gray (1866). It is extant.

It was assigned to Phyllostomidae by Czaplewski et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Micronycteris Gray
2005Micronycteris Czaplewski et al. p. 772

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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
genusMicronycterisGray 1866

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. Micronycteris Gray 1866 [big-eared bat]
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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 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Micronycteris sp. (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Micronycteris sp. (211821)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Micronycteris nicefori, Micronycteris minuta, Micronycteris megalotis (21686)