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: Noctilionidae
Genus: Noctilio
Subgenera: N. (Dirias) – N. (Noctilio)
Species (2 + †1): N. albiventris – †N. lacrimaelunaris – N. leporinus
Name
Noctilio Linnaeus, 1766: 88
Type species: Noctilio americanus Linnaeus, 1766, by monotypy.
Synonymy
Noctileo Tiedemann, 1808: 536 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Noctilio Linnaeus]
Celaeno Leach, 1821: 69
Type species: Celaeno brooksiana Leach, 1821, by monotypy.
Dirias Miller, 1906: 84 [accepted as subgenus]
Type species: Noctilio albiventer Spix, 1823, by original designation.
References
Primary references
Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532. BHL Reference page.
Leach, W.E. 1821. The Characters of three new Genera of Bats without foliaceous Appendages to the Nose. The Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London 13: 69–72. BHL Reference page.
Miller, Jr., G.S. 1906. Twelve new genera of bats. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 19: 83–87. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Lewis-Oritt, N., Van Den Bussche, R.A. & Baker, R.J. 2001. Molecular Evidence for Evolution of Piscivory in Noctilio (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae). Journal of Mammalogy 82(3): 748–759. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2001)082<0748:MEFEOP>2.0.CO;2
Pavan, A.C., Martins, F.M. & Morgante, J.S. 2013. Evolutionary history of bulldog bats (genus Noctilio): recent diversification and the role of the Caribbean in Neotropical biogeography. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108(1): 210–224. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01979.x Open access Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Bulldog Bats
español: Murciélagos pescadores
português: Morcegos pescadores
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