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Nycteris

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Description

Nycteris comprises a genus of bats commonly called slit-faced or hollow-faced bats. They are grouped in the family Nycteridae. The bats are found in East Malaysia, Indonesia, and many parts of Africa.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nycteris, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2432739	https://www.gbif.org/species/2432739
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	103133	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=103133

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Nycteridae : Nycteris

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : Nycteris

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Scrotifera	Waddell et al. 1999
order	Chiroptera	Blumenbach 1779
suborder	Microchiroptera	Dobson 1875
superfamily	Vespertilionoidea
family	Vespertilionidae	Gray 1821
tribe	Rhinolophina	Gray 1825
genus	Nycteris	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier 1795

Scientific Name

Nycteris Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, 1795

Name Published In

Mag. encyclop., 2(6): 186

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nycteris	genus	belongs to Rhinolophina	stated without evidence	Gray, 1825

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Chiroptera)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Vespertilionidae)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Chiroptera)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. E. Gray. 1825. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:337-344

Common Name(s)

Slit-faced Bats

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nycteris

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Nycteris arge species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris aurita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris fuliginosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris gambiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris grandis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris hispida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris intermedia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris javanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris macrotis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris madagascariensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris major species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris nana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris parisii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris poensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris thebaica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris tragata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris villosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris vinsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nycteris woodi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Petalia Gray, 1838	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Nycteridae : *Petalia*
Pelatia Gray, 1866	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Nycteridae : *Pelatia*
Nicteris Desmarest, 1803	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Nycteridae : *Nicteris*
Nyctoris	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Nycteridae : *Nyctoris*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1803	Nycteris Geoffroy
1825	Nycteris Gray p. 338

References

Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mag. Encyclop., 2 (6) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Chiroptera. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 312-529. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 111 Suspension of rules for Nycteris 1795.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(6), 18 (1929) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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