Mormoops megalophylla

Mormoops megalophylla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea

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 Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Mormoopidae
Genus: Mormoops
Species: Mormoops megalophylla
Subspecies (4): M. m. carteri – M. m. intermedia – M. m. megalophylla – M. m. tumidiceps

Name

Mormoops megalophylla Peters, 1864

• Holotype: ZMB 2826, adult ♀, in alcohol with skull removed.
• Type locality: “Mexico”, restricted to “southern Mexico” by Rehn (1902: 167), corrected to “Parrás, Coahuila, México” by Smith (1972: 116).

Native distribution areas

• South Texas, South Arizona (USA), and Baja California (Mexico) south to North-West Peru and North Venezuela
• Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
• Trinidad
• Margarita Island (Venezuela)

References

Primary references

• Peters, W.C.H. 1864. Über einige neue Säugethiere (Mormops, Macrotus, Vesperus, Molossus, Capromys), Amphibien (Platydactylus, Otocryptus, Euprepes, Ungalia, Dromicus, Tropidonotus, Xenodon, Hylodes) und Fische (Sillago, Sebastes, Channa, Myctophum, Carassius, Barbus, Capoeta, Poecilia, Saurenchelys, Leptocephalus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864: 381–399. BHL
• Smith, J.D. 1972. Systematics of the Chiropteran Family Mormoopidae. Miscellaneous Publication, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History 56: 1–132. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Davalos, L., Molinari, J., Mantilla-Meluk, H., Medina, C., Pineda, J. & Rodriguez, B. 2019. IUCN: Mormoops megalophylla  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T13878A22086060. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13878A22086060.en. Accessed on 10 March 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Peters's Ghost-faced Bat