Mystacinidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Microchiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Mystacinidae
Genera (1 + 1†): Mystacina – †Icarops

Name

• Mystacinidae Dobson, 1875
  • Original status: valid "group" Mystacinae of subfamily Molossinae
  • Type genus: Mystacina Gray, 1843

Primary references

• Dobson, G.E. 1875: Conspectus of the suborders, families, and genera of Chiroptera arranged according to their natural affinities. Annals and magazine of natural history (4), 16(95): 345-357. doi: 10.1080/00222937508681865 BHL [349]

Selected references

• Hand, S.; Archer, M.; Godthelp, H. 2005: Australian Oligo-Miocene mystacinids (Microchiroptera): upper dentition, new taxa and divergence of New Zealand species. Geobios, 38: 339-352. doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.11.005
• Hand, S.J.; Weisbecker, V.; Beck, R.M.D.; Archer, M.; Godthelp, H.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Worthy, T.H. 2009: Bats that walk: a new evolutionary hypothesis for the terrestrial behaviour of New Zealand's endemic mystacinids. BMC evolutionary biology, 9:169. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-169

Links

• Mystacinidae in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214