Rabbit mouths

Rabbit mouths
	Antilles chin-leaf bat ( Mormoops blainvillei )
Systematics
Class :	Mammals (mammalia)
Subclass :	Higher mammals (Eutheria)
Superordinate :	Laurasiatheria
Order :	Bats (chiroptera)
Subordination :	Yangochiroptera
Superfamily :	Rabbit mouths
Scientific name
	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.

Internal systematics of the rabbit mouth-like

Noctilionoidea

Malagasy sticky disc bats (Myzopodidae)

New Zealand bats (Mystacinidae)

	Chin-leaf bats (Mormoopidae)

	Leaf noses (Phyllostomidae)

American disc bats (Thyropteridae)

	Stump thumb (Furipteridae)

	Rabbit mouths (Noctilionidae)

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

[Teeling_(2005)-1] 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