Overview
Taxonomy
The Tribe Rhinonycterini is a member of the Subfamily Rhinonycterinae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Rhinonycterini:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- 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 - Tetrapods
- Class: Mammalia
- Mammals
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible Et Al., 1995) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
Mckenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion: Zatheria
Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49 - a genus of Click Beetles (Elateridae)
- Cohort: Placentalia
(Owen, 1837) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80 - Placentals
- Superorder: Preptotheria
(Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna in Stucky & Mckenna in Benton, Ed., 1993:7
- Grandorder: Archonta
(Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975:41
- Order: Chiroptera
- Bats
- Family: Hipposideridae
- Old World leaf-nosed bats
- Subfamily: Rhinonycterinae
- Tribe: Rhinonycterini
- Subfamily: Rhinonycterinae
- Family: Hipposideridae
- Old World leaf-nosed bats
- Order: Chiroptera
- Bats
- Grandorder: Archonta
(Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975:41
- Superorder: Preptotheria
(Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna in Stucky & Mckenna in Benton, Ed., 1993:7
- Cohort: Placentalia
(Owen, 1837) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80 - Placentals
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49 - a genus of Click Beetles (Elateridae)
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
- Sublegion: Zatheria
Mckenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
Mckenna, 1975
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
Mckenna, 1975
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible Et Al., 1995) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) Mckenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
- Class: Mammalia
- Mammals
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Tribe Rhinonycterini is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subtribe (2): Hipposiderina · Rhinonycterina
- Genus (8): Anthops · Asellia · Aselliscus · Brachipposideros · Cloeotis · Hipposideros · Rhinonycteris · Triaenops
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 140 species and subspecies in the Tribe Rhinonycterini.
Genera
Anthops
The Flower-faced Bat (Anthops ornatus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is in the monotypic genus Anthops.[] It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. [more]
Asellia
Asellia is a genus of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It contains the following species: [more]
Aselliscus
Aselliscus is a genus of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It contains the following species: [more]
Brachipposideros
Cloeotis
Percival's Trident Bat (Cloeotis percivali) is a species of in the Hipposideridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Cloeotis. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and caves. [more]
Hipposideros
Hipposideros is a one of the most diverse genera of bats with more than 70 species. They are collectively called roundleaf bats after the shape of their nasal ornament. It is the type genus of the family Hipposideridae. [more]
Rhinonycteris
Triaenops
Triaenops is a genus of in the Hipposideridae family. It contains the following species: [more]
At least 9 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Triaenops.
More info about the Genus Triaenops may be found here.
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