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: Mormoopidae
Genera (2 + †1): †Koopmanycteris – Mormoops – Pteronotus
Name
Mormoopidae Saussure, 1860
Type genus: Mormoops Leach, 1821
Synonymy
Mormopsins Saussure, 1860: 286 [original spelling, as subtribus]
Lobostominae Dobson, 1875: 348
Type genus: Lobostoma Gundlach, 1840
Chilonycteriinae Flower & Lydekker, 1891: 672 [as subfamilia of Phyllostomidae]
Type genus: Chilonycteris Gray, 1839
Chilonycteridae Dalquest & Werner, 1954 [elevate to familia]
Mormoopidae Smith, 1972: 41 [elevate to familia]
Mormoops blainvillei
References
Primary references
Saussure, H. de 1860. Note sur quelques mammifères du Mexique. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. Series 2 12: 3–11, 53–57, 97–110, 241–254, 281–293, 377–383, 425–431, 479–494, 4 pls. BHL Reference page.
Flower, W.H. & Lydekker, R. 1891. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Adam and Charles Black: London. 763 pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Smith, J.D. 1972. Systematics of the Chiropteran Family Mormoopidae. Miscellaneous Publication, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History 56: 1–132. BHL Reference page.
Lewis-Oritt, N., Porter, C.A. & Baker, R.J. 2001. Molecular Systematics of the Family Mormoopidae (Chiroptera) Based on Cytochrome b and Recombination Activating Gene 2 Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(3): 426–436. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0978 Paywall Reference page.
Simmons, N.B. & Conway, T.M. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of mormoopid bats (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae) based on morphological data. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 258: 1–97. hdl: 2246/1608 Open access Reference page.
Van Den Bussche, R.A., Hoofer, S.R. & Simmons, N.B. 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships of Mormoopid Bats Using Mitochondrial Gene Sequences and Morphology. Journal of Mammalogy 83(1): 40–48. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0040:PROMBU>2.0.CO;2 Open access Reference page.
Van Den Bussche, R.A. & Weyandt, S.E. 2003. Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data provide resolution to sister-group relationships within Pteronotus (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae). Acta Chiropterologica 5(1): 1–13. DOI: 10.3161/001.005.0101 Open access 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.
Dávalos, L.M. 2006. The geography of diversification in the mormoopids (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88(1): 101–118. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00605.x Open access Reference page.
Patton, J.L. & Gardner, A.L. [2007] 2008. Family Mormoopidae Saussure, 1860. Pp. 376–384 in Gardner, A.L. (ed.), Mammals of South America. Volume 1. Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4. Reference page.
Pavan, A. 2019. Family Mormoopidae (Ghost-faced Bats, Naked-backed Bats and Moustached Bats). Pp. 424–443 in Wilson, D.E. & Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.) . Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-16728-19-0 Reference page.
Morgan, G.S., Czaplewski, N.J. & Simmons, N.B. 2019. A New Mormoopid Bat from the Oligocene (Whitneyan and Early Arikareean) of Florida, and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Major Clades of Mormoopidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 434: 1–146. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.434.1.1 Open access Reference page.
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Kinnblattfledermäuse
English: Moustache Bats, Ghost-faced Bats and Naked-backed Bats
The family Mormoopidae contains bats known generally as mustached bats, ghost-faced bats, and naked-backed bats. They are found in the Americas from the Southwestern United States to Southeastern Brazil.
They are distinguished by the presence of a leaf-like projection from their lips, instead of the nose-leaf found in many other bat species. In some species, the wing membranes join over the animal's back, making it appear hairless. The tail projects only a short distance beyond the membrane that stretches between the hind legs. They are brownish in colour, with short, dense fur.[1] Their dental formula is:
Dentition
2.1.2.3
2.1.3.3
Mormoopid bats roost in caves and tunnels in huge colonies that may include hundreds of thousands of members, producing enough guano to allow commercial mining. They do not hibernate as some other bats do since they live in the tropics. They feed on insects found close to, or on, bodies of water.[1]
Classification
The family consists of two genera, containing around 13 species.[citation needed]
FAMILY MORMOOPIDAE
Genus Mormoops Leach, 1821
Mormoops blainvillii (Leach, 1821) – Antillean ghost-faced bat
Mormoops magna† (Silva-Taboada, 1974) – giant ghost-faced bat
Mormoops megalophylla (Peters, 1864) – ghost-faced bat
Genus Pteronotus Gray, 1838
Subgenus Chilonycteris Gray, 1839
Pteronotus macleayii (Gray, 1839) – Macleay's mustached bat
Pteronotus personatus (Wagner, 1843) – Wagner's mustached bat
Pteronotus quadridens (Gundlach, 1860) – sooty mustached bat
Subgenus Phyllodia Gray, 1843
Pteronotus paraguanensis (Linares & Ojasti, 1974) – Paraguana moustached bat
Pteronotus parnellii (Gray, 1843) – Parnell's mustached bat
Pteronotus pristinus† (Silva-Taboada, 1974) – pristine mustached bat
Subgenus Pteronotus Gray, 1838
Pteronotus davyi (Gray, 1838) – Davy's naked-backed bat
Pteronotus gymnonotus (Natterer, 1843) – big naked-backed bat
References
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Macdonald, D., ed. (1984). The Encyclopedia of Mammals. New York: Facts on File. p. 805. ISBN 0-87196-871-1.
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