Pteronotus

Genus of bats

Pteronotus
Pteronotus parnellii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Mormoopidae
Genus: Pteronotus
Gray, 1838
Type species
Pteronotus davyi
Gray, 1838
Species

Pteronotus alitonus[1]
Pteronotus davyi
Pteronotus gymnonotus
Pteronotus macleayii
Pteronotus paraguanensis
Pteronotus parnellii
Pteronotus personatus
†Pteronotus pristinus[2]
Pteronotus quadridens

Pteronotus is a genus of bats. Eight extant species have been recognized, as well as one relatively recently extinct species.[3]

References

  1. ^ Pavan, Ana C.; Bobrowiec, P.E.D.; Percequillo, A.R. (May 2018). "Geographic variation in a South American clade of mormoopid bats, Pteronotus (Phyllodia), with description of a new species". Journal of Mammalogy. 99 (3): 624–645. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyv048.
  2. ^ Mammal Species of the World - Browse: pristinus
  3. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  • Gutierrez, E.E. & Molinari, J. 2008. Morphometrics and taxonomy of bats of the genus Pteronotus (subgenus Phyllodia) in Venezuela. Journal of Mammalogy 89(2): 292–305.
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Extant species of family Mormoopidae
Mormoops
  • Antillean ghost-faced bat (M. blainvillii)
  • Ghost-faced bat (M. megalophylla)
Pteronotus
Subgenus Chilonycteris
Macleay's mustached bat (P. macleayii)
Wagner's mustached bat (P. personatus)
Sooty mustached bat (P. quadridens)
Subgenus Phyllodia
Paraguana moustached bat (P. paraguanensis)
Parnell's mustached bat (P. parnellii)
Subgenus Pteronotus
Davy's naked-backed bat (P. davyi)
Big naked-backed bat (P. gymnonotus)
Taxon identifiers
Pteronotus
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