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Chiroptera Blumenbach 1779

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ORDER CHIROPTERA Blumenbach, 1779

Traditionally, taxonomists have divided the Chiroptera into two suborders, Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera, with the Microchiroptera comprised of two infraorders, Yinochiroptera and Yangochiroptera (Simmons 2005). Recently, molecular analyses confirmed the two suborders, Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochiroptera (Vaughan et al. 2013), despite support for the traditional taxonomy (i.e., Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera) based on echolocation (O’Leary et al. 2013).

Four chiropteran families exist in Korea. The Rhinolophidae and Molossidae, each represented by a single species, the Miniopteridae by two species (one indigenous and one vagrant), whereas, 20 species represent the Vespertilionidae (including one vagrant species). Of the 26 species listed in Korea, we confirmed 24 species (representing 11 genera) and regard Eptesicus kobayashii and Pipistrellus pipistrellus as erroneous identifications.

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Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 4522 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2610198

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Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Chiroptera
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Blumenbach
Taxon rank
order
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Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 sec. Jo, Baccus & Koprowski, 2018

References

  • Simmons, N. B. (2005) Order Chiroptera. In: Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (Eds.), Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3 rd Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 312 - 529.
  • Vaughan, T. A., Ryan, J. M. & Czaplewski, N. J. (2013) Mammalogy (6 th edition). Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Burlington, 756 pp.
  • O'Leary, M. A., Bloch, J. I., Flynn, J. J., Gaudin, T. J., Giallombardo, A., Giannini, N. P., Goldberg, S. L., Kraatz, B. P., Luo, Z. X., Meng, J., Ni, X., Novacek, M. J., Perini, F. A., Randall, I. Z. S., Rougier, G. W., Sargis, E. J., Silcox, M. T., Simmons, N. B., Spaulding, M., Velazco, P. M., Weksler, M., Wible, J. R. & Cirranello, A. L. (2013) The placental mammal ancestor and the post-K-Pg radiation of placentals. Science, 339, 662 - 667. https: // doi. org / 10.1126 / science. 1229237