Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Kaloň Lysý
Common Names in English:
Common Blossom Bat, Southern Blossom Bat
Description
Subfamily Macroglossinae
The Macroglossinae are members of the Family Sphingidae. They are widely distributed, medium to very large-sized moths with robust bodies. Some are active at night, others at twilight or dawn, and others (such as the clearwings) feed on flowers during the day and resemble bumblebees or hummingbirds. Larvae feed feed day and night on woody and herbaceous plants . Adults of the Macroglossinae have sensory hairs on the first segment of their labial palps, while adults of the Sphinginae lack them. Most species pupate in the soil, though some form loose cocoons in the leaf layer.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,822 meters (0 to 5,978 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Bats
- Suborder:
Megachiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Family:
Pteropodidae
()
- (Gray, 1821) Bonaparte, 1838:111
- Subfamily:
Macroglossinae
()
- Macroglossinae
- Tribe:
Macroglossini
()
- Genus:
Syconycteris
()
- (Matschie, 1899)
- Specific name:
australis
- (Peters, 1867)
- Scientific name: - Syconycteris australis (Peters, 1867)
- Specific name:
australis
- (Peters, 1867)
- Genus:
Syconycteris
(
- Tribe:
Macroglossini
(
- Subfamily:
Macroglossinae
(
- Family:
Pteropodidae
(
- Suborder:
Megachiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Aug-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Syconycteris
There are approximately 7 species in this genus:
S. australis (Southern Blossom Bat) · S. australis papuana · S. carolinae (Halmahera Blossom Bat) · S. crassa · S. crassa crassa · S. finschi · S. hobbit (Moss-Forest Blossom Bat)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 134, p. 137, p. 139.
- Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the Museum / By G.E. Dobson. London, 1912. ENG url p. 779, p. 781.
- Fischer, G.A. (1884): Übersicht der in dem Massailande gesammelten und beobachteten Vogelarten durch Dr. G.A. Fischer auf seiner im Auftrage der Hamburgischen geographischen Gesellschaft unternommenen Reise. - Zeitschrift für die gesammte Ornithologie Vol. 1-4(1)
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
- University of Washington Burke Museum, Mammal Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2477284
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631688
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13814995
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631688
- IUCN ID: 21185
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 11672
Footnotes
- Mean = 8.220 meters (26.969 feet), Standard Deviation = 521.050 based on 60 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
