Taxonomy Profile: Megadermatidae (H Allen 1864)

Megadermatidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
False-vampires []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Megadermatidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Chiroptera
bats |
morcego |
quiróptero |
Superfamily : Rhinolophoidea
Family : Megadermatidae
False-vampires |
Megadermatidae Direct Children(s):
Cardioderma
(Peters 1873)
Lavia
(Gray 1838)
Macroderma
(Miller 1906)
Megaderma
(É Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1810)
Lyroderma
(Peters 1872)
Eudiscoderma
(Soisook Prajakjitr Karapan Francis and Bates 2015)
Megadermatidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Don E. Wilson
Notes:
Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108
Reference for:
Megadermatidae
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Megadermatidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Order Chiroptera
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
312-529
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Megadermatidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Teeling, Emma C., Mark S. Springer, Ole Madsen, Paul Bates, Stephen O'Brien, and William J. Murphy
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-01-28 / 2005-01-28
Article/Chapter Title:
A molecular phylogeny for bats illuminates biogeography and the fossil record
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Science, vol. 307, no. 5709
Page(s):
580-584
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0036-8075
Notes:
DOI: 10.1126/science.1105113
Reference for:
Megadermatidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2019-01-01 / 2019-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats
Page(s):
1008
Publisher:
Lynx Edicions
Publication Place:
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN/ISSN:
978-84-16728190/
Notes:
Reference for:
Megadermatidae
Megadermatidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Megadermatidae: Comments
Comment:
Comments: For discussion of the correct formation of the family name, see Handley (1980). Hand (1985, 1996) and Griffiths et al. (1992) have provided alternative phylogenies for the group. No subfamilies are presently recognized