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Rhinolophoidea

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Superfamily of bats

Rhinolophoidea
Rhinolophus euryale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily: Rhinolophoidea
Gray, 1825
Families

Rhinolophoidea is a superfamily of bats. It contains the following families: Craseonycteridae, Hipposideridae, Megadermatidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinonycteridae, and Rhinopomatidae. It is one of two superfamilies that comprise the suborder Yinpterochiroptera, the other being Pteropodoidea, which only contains the family Pteropodidae.

Phylogeny

The relationships within Rhinolophoidea are as follows based on a 2016 study.

Chiroptera

Yangochiroptera

Yinpterochiroptera

Pteropodidae (megabats)

Rhinolophoidea

Rhinopomatidae

Megadermatidae

Craseonycteridae

Rhinonycteridae

Hipposideridae

Rhinolophidae

References

  1. ^ Springer, M. S.; Teeling, E. C.; Madsen, O.; Stanhope, M. J.; De Jong, W. W. (2001). "Integrated fossil and molecular data reconstruct bat echolocation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98 (11): 6241–6246. Bibcode:2001PNAS...98.6241S. doi:10.1073/pnas.111551998. PMC 33452. PMID 11353869.
  2. ^ Amador, L. I.; Arévalo, R. L. M.; Almeida, F. C.; Catalano, S. A.; Giannini, N. P. (2018). "Bat systematics in the light of unconstrained analyses of a comprehensive molecular supermatrix". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 25: 37–70. doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9363-8. hdl:11336/55671. S2CID 3318167.
  3. Ungar, P. (2010). Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity. JHU Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780801899515.
Taxon identifiers
Rhinolophoidea
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