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Megachiroptera  Dobson, 1875
Taxonomic Serial No.: 552301

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Suborder  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Megachiroptera    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Springer, Mark S.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogenetics: Bats United, Microbats Divided   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Current Biology, vol. 23, no. 22   
  Page(s): 999-1001   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0960-9822   
  Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.053; available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213012001   
  Reference for: Megachiroptera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Megachiroptera   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Bats were traditionally divided into two suborders, Microchiroptera and Megachiroptera, based on morphological cladistics. However, molecular studies suggested that rhinolophoid microbats are more closely related to the megabat family Pteropodidae than to other microbats, rendering Microchiroptera paraphyletic. A new taxonomy divides bats into Yangochiroptera, including 12 microbat families, and Yinpterochiroptera, including four microbat families in Rhinolophoidea plus Old World fruit bats (Springer, 2013)  
 

 

    

 
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