Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Listonos Listonosý, Netopýr Listonosý, Vampýr Listonosý
Common Names in English:
Ghost-Faced Bat, Peter's Ghost-Faced Bat, Peters' Ghost-Faced Bat
Common Names in Spanish:
Murciélago-Barba Arrugada Norteño
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,448 meters (0 to 8,031 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Bats
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
()
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Noctilionoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Van Valen, 1979
- Family:
Mormoopidae
()
- (De Saussure, 1860) Smith, 1972:4, 15,41
- Genus:
Mormoops
()
- Leach, 1821
- Specific name:
megalophylla
- (Peters, 1864)
- Scientific name: - Mormoops megalophylla (Peters, 1864)
- Specific name:
megalophylla
- (Peters, 1864)
- Genus:
Mormoops
(
- Family:
Mormoopidae
(
- Superfamily:
Noctilionoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Aug-2004
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Mormoops
There are approximately 8 species in this genus:
M. blainvillei · M. blainvillii (Blainville's Ghost-Faced Bat) · M. megallophylla · M. megalophylla (Peter's Ghost-Faced Bat) · M. megalophylla intermedia · M. megalophylla megalophylla (Peter's Ghost-Faced Bat) · M. megalophylla senicula · M. tumidiceps
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A study of the mammals of Iran: resulting from the Street Expedition of 1962-63 [by] Douglas M. Lay. [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1967. ENG url p. 265.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Brigham Young University science bulletin. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] ENG url p. 171, p. 32, p. 39, p. 4, p. 64, p. 65, p. 66, p. 68.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 61.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas, 1946-1996. ENG url p. 107, p. 111, p. 113, p. 114, p. 115, p. 116, p. 119, p. 12, p. 123, p. 30, p. 36, p. 37, p. 5, p. 50, p. 55, p. 96.
- Naturalist's guide to the Americas, prepared by the Committee on the Preservation of Natural Conditions of the Ecological Society of America, with assistance from numerous organizations and individuals, assembled and edited by chairman, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1926. ENG url p. 583.
- Peters (1864c): Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 381
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 166, p. 169, p. 170, p. 403.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. [Washington, Biological Society of Washington] ENG url p. 160.
- Readings in mammalogy: selected from the original literature and introduced with comments / by J. Knox Jones, Jr. and Sydney Anderson. [Lawrence]Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1970. ENG url p. 523.
- Studies in neotropical mammalogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz / edited by Bruce D. Patterson, Robert M. Timm. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1987. ENG url p. 154, p. 501.
- Systematic results of the study of North American land mammals to the close of the year 1900, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., and James A. G. Rehn. Boston, Society of Natural History, 1901. ENG url p. 277.
- The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies. Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1904. ENG url p. 646, p. 649.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [San Diego]: The Society, 1905- ENG url p. 265, p. 53.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 22, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colección de MamÃferos de la Sierra Volcánica Transversal de México (UAM-I)
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colección de MamÃferos de Nuevo León, México (UANL)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collection
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNMA/Coleccion Nacional de Mamiferos
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Mammals Specimens
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2477583
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180051
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180051
- IUCN ID: 13878
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMACA01010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7739
Footnotes
- Mean = 748.490 meters (2,455.676 feet), Standard Deviation = 791.920 based on 69 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
