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Macrotus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea
Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Phyllostominae
Genus: Macrotus
Species: M. californicus - M. waterhousii

Name

Macrotus Gray, 1843

Type Species: Macrotus waterhousii Gray, 1843

Synonyms

Otopterus Lydekker, 1891


References

Gray. 1843. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1843: 21.
Macrotus in Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder

Vernacular names
English: Leaf-nosed Bats.

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