Rabbit mouths
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Antilles chin-leaf bat ( Mormoops blainvillei ) |
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Noctilionoidea | ||||||||||||
Gray , 1821 |
The hare-mouthed (Noctilionoidea), sometimes also called leaf-nosed (Phyllostomoidea), are a superfamily of the bats (Microchiroptera).
This superfamily includes around 170 species that, with the exception of New Zealand bats, are native to Central and South America. It is a very diverse group, some of which have conspicuous nose blades, chin blades or other facial ornaments. The group also diverges greatly in terms of diet: In addition to insectivorous species, there are also animals that consume fruit, nectar or mainly small vertebrates, as well as vampire bats that feed on blood .
The superfamily can be divided into seven families:
- Chin-leaf bats (Mormoopidae),
- Rabbit mouths (Noctilionidae),
- Leaf noses (Phyllostomidae),
- Stump thumb (Furipteridae),
- New Zealand bats (Mystacinidae),
- Malagasy sticky disc bat (Myzopodidae),
- and American disc bats (Thyropteridae).
While the close relationship of the first three groups is undisputed, the assignment of the last four was uncertain for a long time. For a long time they were regarded as relatives of the smooth-nosed bats, bulldog bats or funnel-eared bats. Morphological and DNA examinations have confirmed that they belong to the hare-mouthed species.
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literature
- Kate E. Jones, Andy Purvis, Ann MacLarnon, Olaf R. Bininda-Emonds, Nancy B. Simmons: A phylogenetic supertree of the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) . In: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society . tape 77 , no. 2 , 2002, p. 223-259 , doi : 10.1017 / S1464793101005899 ( molekularesystematik.uni-oldenburg.de [PDF; 5.2 MB ; accessed on May 15, 2018]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Teeling, EC; Springer, M .; Madsen, O .; Bates, P .; O'Brien, S .; Murphy, W. (2005). A Molecular Phylogeny for Bats Illuminates Biogeography and the Fossil Record . Science. 307 (5709): 580-584. doi: 10.1126 / science.1105113