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Macrotus (leaf-nosed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Taxonomy
Macrotus was named by Gray (1843) [non Macrotus Leach 1816 (nomen nudum)]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Phyllostomatidae by Palmer (1904) and Choate and Birney (1968); and to Phyllostomidae by Morgan (1994).

Species
M. waterhousii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Macrotus Gray
1904Macrotus Palmer p. 802
1968Macrotus Choate and Birney
1994Macrotus Morgan p. 468

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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
genusMacrotusGray 1843

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. Macrotus Gray 1843 [leaf-nosed 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: Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

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): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cuba (Pinar del Río) Macrotus waterhousii (78640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Macrotus waterhousii (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Macrotus waterhousii (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Cuba (Pinar del Rio) Macrotus waterhousei (92812)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico Macrotus waterhousii (194492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cayman Islands Macrotus waterhousii (209852)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Macrotus waterhousii (190743 190744)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Macrotus waterhousii (186637 208106 210532)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Macrotus waterhousii (194593 194595 194596 194597)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) Macrotus waterhousii (210537 210539 210540 210541)