Rhinolophoidea

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Rhinolophoidea
Rhinolophus euryale-cropped.jpg
Rhinolophus euryale
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily: Rhinolophoidea
Gray, 1825
Families[1]

Rhinolophoidea is a superfamily of bats. It contains the following families: Craseonycteridae, Hipposideridae, Megadermatidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinonycteridae, and Rhinopomatidae.[1][2] It is one of two superfamilies that comprise the suborder Yinpterochiroptera, the other being Pteropodoidea, which only contains the family Pteropodidae.[3]

Phylogeny[]

The relationships within Rhinolophoidea are as follows based on a 2016 study.[2]

Chiroptera

Yangochiroptera Pteronotus parnellii.jpg

Yinpterochiroptera

Pteropodidae (megabats) Mariana Fruit Bat.jpg

Rhinolophoidea

Rhinopomatidae Lesser Mouse- tailed Bat (Rhinopoma hardwickii) 2.jpg

Megadermatidae Megaderma spasma.jpg

Craseonycteridae

Rhinonycteridae Rhinonicteris aurantia.jpg

Hipposideridae Hipposideros gigas.jpg

Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus rouxii.jpg

References[]

  1. ^ a b Springer, M. S.; Teeling, E. C.; Madsen, O.; Stanhope, M. J.; De Jong, W. W. (2001). "Integrated fossil and molecular data reconstruct bat echolocation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98 (11): 6241–6246. Bibcode:2001PNAS...98.6241S. doi:10.1073/pnas.111551998. PMC 33452. PMID 11353869.
  2. ^ a b Amador, L. I.; Arévalo, R. L. M.; Almeida, F. C.; Catalano, S. A.; Giannini, N. P. (2018). "Bat systematics in the light of unconstrained analyses of a comprehensive molecular supermatrix". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 25: 37–70. doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9363-8. S2CID 3318167.
  3. ^ Ungar, P. (2010). Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity. JHU Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780801899515.
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