Biology:Pteronotus

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Short description: Genus of bats

Pteronotus
Pteronotus parnellii.jpg
Pteronotus parnellii
Scientific classification e
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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13801479. 
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q916924 entry