Nycteridae Van der Hoeven 1855

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Nycteridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 391-394 : 391

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Nycteridae Van der Hoeven 1855 View in CoL , Handb. Dierkunde, 2nd ed., Vol. 2: 1028.

Genera: 1 genus with 16 species:

Genus Nycteris E. Geoffroy and G. Cuvier 1795 (16 species with 18 subspecies)

Discussion: Monogeneric; see Griffiths (1994) for a phylogeny. Although some authors have indicated that family-group names based on the greek root -nycteris should be spelled -nycterididae (e.g., Russell and Sigé 1970; Habersetzer and Storch, 1987; Kock et al., 2002), I prefer to maintain the commonly accepted spelling (-nycteridae) for these names in the interests of stability (see discussion in Simmons and Geisler [1998: footnote 13]). Accordingly, I use " Nycteridae " for this family instead of "Nycterididae".

References

Griffiths, T. A. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of slit-faced bats (Chiroptera, Nycteridae), based on hyoid and other morphology. American Museum Novitates, 3090: 1 - 17.

Habersetzer, J., and G. Storch. 1987. Klassifikation und funktionelle flugelmorphologie palaogener fledermause (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 91: 11 - 150.

Kock, D., L. Barnett, J. Fahr, and C. Emms. 2002. On a collection of bats from Gambia (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica, 4 (1): 77 - 97.

Simmons, N. B., and J. H. Geisler. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of Icaronycteris, Archaeonycteris, Hassianycteris, and Palaeochiropteryx to extant bat lineages, with comments on the evolution of echolocation and foraging strategies in Microchiroptera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 235: 1 - 182.