Mormoops megalophylla 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: Mormoops megalophylla megalophylla

Name

Mormoops megalophylla 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).

Synonyms

• Mormoops megalophylla senicula Rehn, 1902: 169
  • Holotype: USNM 84801, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by E.A. Mearns on 3 December 1897.
  • Type locality: “Fort Clark, Kinney County, Texas”, United States.

• Mormoops megalophylla rufescens Davis & Carter, 1962: 65
  • Holotype: LACM 9978, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Kenneth E. Stager.
  • Type locality: “five miles west of Alamos, Sonora, México”.

Native distribution areas

• United States: Texas, New Mexico and Arizona
• Mexico
• Belize
• Guatemala
• El Savador
• Honduras

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
• Rehn, J.A.G. 1902. A revision of the genus Mormoops. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54: 160–172. BHL Reference page. 
• 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.