Ia (genus)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ia
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
PreꞒ
Ꞓ
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Tribe: Eptesicini
Genus: Ia
Thomas, 1902[1]
Type species
Ia io
Thomas, 1902
Species
  • † Mien & Ginsburg, 1997[2]
  • Ia io Thomas, 1902[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Parascotomanes Bourret, 1942

Ia is a genus of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It belongs to the subfamily Vespertilioninae and has been placed in the tribe . In the past, it has also been considered a synonym or subgenus of the genera Pipistrellus or Eptesicus,[4] which used to contain many more species than they do now. Ia comprises a single living species, the great evening bat (I. io) of eastern and southeastern Asia, and one extinct fossil species, , from the Miocene epoch in Thailand. Another living species, I. longimana, was recognized in the past, but it is no longer considered a valid species distinct from the great evening bat.

At two letters, Ia ties the bat-like dinosaur Yi for the shortest possible name of any animal genus under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[5][original research?]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Thomas, Oldfield (1902). "On Two new Mammals from China". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. 10 (56): 164–166. doi:10.1080/00222930208678653.
  2. ^ Mien, Pierre; Ginsburg, Léonard (1997). "Les mammifères du gisement miocène inférieur de Li Mae Long, Thaïlande: systématique, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnement" (PDF). Geodiversitas (in French). 19 (4): 783–844.
  3. ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  4. ^ Thabah, A.; Li, G.; Wang, Y.; Liang, B.; Hu, K.; Zhang, S.; Jones, G. (2007). "Diet, echolocation calls, and phylogenetic affinities of the great evening bat (Ia io; Vespertilionidae): Another carnivorous bat". Journal of Mammalogy. 88 (3): 728–735. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-167R1.1.
  5. ^ International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature. 1999. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Art. 11.8. Online at http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp Archived 2009-05-24 at the Wayback Machine


Retrieved from ""