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HANDBOOK of the MAMMALS of the WORLD Families of Volume 9: Bats HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD Families of Volume 9: Bats Family Family English Subfamily Tribe Group name Species Genera Scientific name name number Megaerops Short-nosed Fruit Cynopterini 14 species Cynopterus Bats and relatives Ptenochirus Cynopterinae Dyacopterus Sphaerias Balionycteris Aethalops Pygmy Fruit Bats and Thoopterus Balionycterini 17 species Alionycteris relatives Haplonycteris Otopteropus Latidens Chironax Penthetor African Rainforest Scotonycteris Scotonycterini 6 species Fruit Bats Casinycteris Eonycterini Dawn Bats 3 species Eonycteris Old World Fruit PTEROPODIDAE Bats Rousettini Roussette Fruit Bats 8 species Rousettus Rousettinae Stenonycterini Long-haired Fruit Bat 1 species Stenonycteris Megaloglossus Collared Fruit Bats Myonycterini 7 species Lissonycteris and relatives Myonycteris Plerotini Broad-faced Fruit Bat 1 species Plerotes Hypsignathus Epauletted Fruit Bats Epomops Epomophorini 15 species and relatives Nanonycteris Epomophorus Family Family English Subfamily Tribe Group name Species Genera Scientific name name number Long-tongued Macroglossus Macroglossinae 5 species Blossom Bats Syconycteris Boneia Harpy and Bare- Harpyionycteris Harpyionycterinae 17 species backed Fruit Bats Aproteles Dobsonia Straw-colored Fruit Eidolinae 2 species Eidolon Bats Old World Fruit PTEROPODIDAE Bats Tube-nosed Fruit Paranyctimene Nyctimeninae 17 species Bats Nyctimene Notopterinae Long-tailed Fruit Bats 2 species Notopteris Desmalopex Mirimiri Pteralopex Melonycteris Flying Foxes and Pteropodinae 76 species Nesonycteris relatives Styloctenium Neopteryx Acerodon Pteropus Mouse-tailed RHINOPOMATIDAE 6 species Rhinopoma Bats Family Family English Subfamily Tribe Group name Species Genera Scientific name name number CRASEONYCTERIDAE Hog-nosed Bat 1 species Craseonycteris Lavia Cardioderma Megaderma MEGADERMATIDAE False-vampires 6 species Lyroderma Eudiscoderma Macroderma Rhinonicteris Triaenops RHINONYCTERIDAE Trident Bats 9 species Cloeotis Paratriaenops Asellia Doryrhina Old World Macronycteris HIPPOSIDERIDAE Leaf-nosed 88 species Aselliscus Bats Coelops Anthops Hipposideros Horseshoe 109 RHINOLOPHIDAE Rhinolophus Bats species Tomb and Pouched Taphozous Taphozoninae 18 species Bats Saccolaimus Emballonura Old World Sheath- Paremballonura Sheath-tailed Emballonurini 14 species EMBALLONURIDAE tailed Bats Coleura Bats Mosia Emballonurinae Cormura Balantiopteryx Cyttarops New World Sheath- Diclidurus Diclidurini 22 species tailed Bats Peropteryx Centronycteris Rhynchonycteris Saccopteryx Family Family English Subfamily Tribe Group name Species Genera Scientific name name number NYCTERIDAE Slit-faced Bats 15 species Nycteris Madagascar MYZOPODIDAE Sucker-footed 2 species Myzopoda Bats New Zealand MYSTACINIDAE Short-tailed 2 species Mystacina Bats NOCTILIONIDAE Bulldog Bats 2 species Noctilio Smoky Bat and Amorphochilus FURIPTERIDAE 2 species Thumbless Bat Furipterus Disk-winged THYROPTERIDAE 5 species Thyroptera Bats Ghost-faced, Naked-backed Mormoops MORMOOPIDAE 18 species and Mustached Pteronotus Bats Family Family English Subfamily Tribe Group name Species Genera Scientific name name number Macrotinae Big-eared Bats 2 species Macrotus Lampronycteris Micronycterinae Little Big-eared Bats 12 species Micronycteris Desmodus Desmodontini Vampire Bats 2 species Diaemus Desmodontinae Hairy-legged Vampire Diphyllini 1 species Diphylla Bat New World PHYLLOSTOMIDAE Leaf-nosed Bats Lonchorhininae Sword-nosed Bats 6 species Lonchorhina Long-legged and Macrophyllum Macrophyllini 2 species Fringe-lipped Bats Trachops Gardnerycteris Lophostoma Phyllostominae Phyllostomini Leaf-nosed Bats 17 species Tonatia Phylloderma Phyllostomus Chrotopterus Vampyrini False Vampire Bats 4 species Mimon Vampyrum Family Family English Subfamily Tribe Group name Species Genera Scientific name name number Monophyllus Glossophagini Long-tongued Bats 10 species Glossophaga Leptonycteris Brachyphylla Glossophaginae Fruit-eating and Brachyphyllini 6 species Phyllonycteris Flower Bats Erophylla Anoura Hylonycteris Choeroniscus Tailless, Long-tailed Choeronycteris Choeronycterini 20 species Bats and allies Dryadonycteris Musonycteris Lichonycteris Scleronycteris New World PHYLLOSTOMIDAE Leaf-nosed Bats Hsunycterini Lesser Nectar Bats 4 species Hsunycteris Lonchophyllinae Lionycteris Lonchophylla Lonchophyllini Nectar Bats 16 species Platalina Xeronycteris Carolliinae Short-tailed Bats 8 species Carollia Glyphonycteris Glyphonycterinae Big-eared Bats 5 species Trinycteris Neonycteris Family Family English Subfamily Tribe Group name Species Genera Scientific name name number Rhinophyllinae Little Fruit Bats 3 species Rhinophylla Yellow-shouldered Sturnirini 24 species Sturnira Bats New World PHYLLOSTOMIDAE Leaf-nosed Bats Chiroderma Vampyriscus Stenodermatinae Uroderma Vampyressa Mesophylla Vampyrodes Platyrrhinus Enchisthenes Ectophylla Stenodermatini Fruit Bats 75 species Artibeus Ariteus Ardops Stenoderma Centurio Pygoderma Sphaeronycteris Ametrida Phyllops Nyctiellus Funnel-eared NATALIDAE 12 species Chilonatalus Bats Natalus Tomopeatinae Blunt-eared Bat 1 species Tomopeas Cheiromeles Mormopterus Molossus Promops Eumops Neoplatymops Nyctinomops Free-tailed MOLOSSIDAE Cabreramops Bats Molossops True Free-tailed Bats 125 Cynomops Molossinae Chaerephon and relatives species Mops Otomops Myopterus Platymops Sauromys Tadarida Austronomus Setirostris Micronomus Ozimops Long-fingered MINIOPTERIDAE 38 species Miniopterus Bats Wing-gland CISTUGIDAE 2 species Cistugo Bats Family Family English Subfamily Tribe Group name Species Genera Scientific name name number Scotoecus Vansonia Pipistrelles and Glischropus Pipistrellini 48 species relatives Scotozous Nyctalus Pipistrellus Vespertilio Tylonycteris Cassistrellus Philetor Falsistrellus Vespadelus Particolored Bats and Chalinolobus Vespertilionini 89 species relatives Pharotis Nyctophilus Hypsugo Nycticeinops Mimetillus Neoromicia Laephotis Incertae sedis Sind Bat 1 species Rhyneptesicus Thainycteris Arielulus Glauconycteris Hesperoptenus Serotines and Ia Eptesicini 63 species Scotomanes relatives Scoteanax Scotorepens Lasionycteris Histiotus Eptesicus VESPERTILIONIDAE Vesper Bats Vespertilioninae Canyon Bat and Parastrellus Perimyotini 2 species Tricolored Bat Perimyotis Bauerus New World Yellow Antrozoini 15 species Antrozous Bats Rhogeessa Barbastella Plecotus Long-eared Bats and Plecotini 30 species Otonycteris relatives Corynorhinus Idionycteris Euderma Lasiurini Hairy-tailed Bats 20 species Lasiurus Old World Yellow Scotophilini 21 species Scotophilus Bats Nycticeiini Evening Bats 3 species Nycticeius Family Family English Subfamily Tribe Group name Species Genera Scientific name name number Phoniscus Kerivoulinae Woolly Bats 31 species Kerivoula Harpiocephalus Murininae Tube-nosed Bats 42 species VESPERTILIONIDAE Vesper Bats Harpiola Murina Eudiscopus 131 Myotinae Myotis Bats Submyotodon species Myotis Families of Volume 9 of the Handbook of the Mammals of the World © Lynx Edicions – www.lynxeds.com © Illustrations: Francesc Jutglar, Blanca Martí, Àlex Mascarell, Faansie Peacock, Jesús Rodríguez-Osorio, Lluís Sogorb & Ilian Velikov. From Wilson, D.E. & Mittermeier, R.A. eds. (2019). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Volumes in this Collection: Volume 1: Carnivores - Volume 2: Hoofed Mammals - Volume 3: Primates - Volume 4: Sea Mammals - Volume 5: Monotremes and Marsupials - Volume 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I - Volume 7: Rodents II - Volume 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos - Volume 9: Bats.
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