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Natalidae Gray 1866

Description

Natalidae Gray 1866

Natalidae Gray 1866, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 17: 90.

Genera: 3 genera with 8 species:

Genus Chilonatalus Miller 1898 (2 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Natalus Gray 1838 (5 species with 9 subspecies)

Genus Nyctiellus Gervais 1855 (1 species)

Discussion: Many recent authors have considered Natalidae to be monogeneric, but see Morgan (1989 b) and Morgan and Czaplewski (2003), who raised Nyctiellus and Chilonatalus to genus rank.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Natalidae, pp. 430-432 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 430, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Natalidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Natalidae Gray, 1866 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Morgan, G. S. 1989 b. Fossil Chiroptera and Rodentia from the Bahamas, and the historical biogeography of the Bahamian mammal fauna. Pp. 685 - 740, in Biogeography of the West Indies: Past, present, and future (C. A. Woods, ed.). Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida, 878 pp.
  • Morgan, G. S., and N. J. Czaplewski. 2003. A new bat (Chiroptera: Natalidae) from the early Miocene of Florida, with comments on natalid phylogeny. Journal of Mammalogy, 84: 729 - 752.