Micronycterinae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Micronycterinae
Genera (2): Lampronycteris – Micronycteris
Name

Micronycterinae Van Den Bussche, 1992: 36
References
Primary references

Van Den Bussche, R. 1992. Restriction-Site Variation and Molecular Systematics of New World Leaf-Nosed Bats. Journal of Mammalogy 73(1): 29–42. DOI: 10.2307/1381863 Paywall Reference page.

Additional references

Wetterer, A.L., Rockman, M.V. & Simmons, N.B. 2000. Phylogeny of phyllostomid bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera): data from diverse morphological systems, sex chromosomes, and restriction sites. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 248: 1–200. hdl: 2246/1595 Open access Reference page.
Baker, R.J., Hoofer, S.R., Porter, C.A. & Van Den Bussche, R.A. 2003. Diversification among New World Leaf-Nosed Bats: An Evolutionary Hypothesis and Classification Inferred from Digenomic Congruence of DNA Sequence. Occasional Papers. Museum of Texas Tech University 230: 1–32. PDF Reference page.
Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Baker, R.J., Cirranello, A., Solari, S. & Simmons, N.B. 2016. Higher Level Classification of Phyllostomid Bats with a Summary of DNA Synapomorphies. Acta Chiropterologica 18(1): 1–38. DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.001 Paywall Reference page.
Cirranello, A., Simmons, N.B., Solari, S. & Baker, R.J. 2016. Morphological diagnoses of higher-level phyllostomid taxa (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Acta Chiropterologica 18(1): 39–71. DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.002 Paywall Reference page.
Rojas, D., Warsi, O.M. & Dávalos, L.M. 2016. Bats (Chiroptera: Noctilionoidea) Challenge a Recent Origin of Extant Neotropical Diversity. Systematic Biology 65(3): 432–448. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syw011 Open access Reference page.

Micronycterinae is a subfamily of leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae). They are commonly known as the little big-eared bats. It contains two genera, Lampronycteris (one species) and Micronycteris (eleven species).[1] Van Den Bussche (1992) was the first to propose the subfamily, which initially just contained Micronycteris.[2] Previous studies had sometimes included these genera in the subfamily Phyllostominae.[3]
Position within Phyllostomidae

Internal divisions of Phyllostomidae[2]

It is one of the more basal subfamilies of the family Phyllostomidae. Of the eleven currently recognized subfamilies, only the Macrotinae lineage split before Micronycterinae.[2]
References

"Micronycterinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
Baker, Robert J.; Solari, Sergio; Cirranello, Andrea; Simmons, Nancy B. (2016). "Higher Level Classification of Phyllostomid Bats with a Summary of DNA Synapomorphies". Acta Chiropterologica. 18: 1–38. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.001. S2CID 26151721.
Siles, Lizette; Baker, Robert J. (2020). "Revision of the pale-bellied Micronycteris Gray, 1866 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) with descriptions of two new species". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 58 (4): 1411–1431. doi:10.1111/jzs.12388.