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Vampyriscus
''Vampyriscus'' (meaning: small vampire bat) is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. There are three species previously included in the genus ''Vampyressa''. The two genera are differentiated by the morphology of their bones and teeth and the pattern of their pelage.Tavares, V., et al. (2014)Systematics of ''Vampyressa melissa'' Thomas, 1926 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species of ''Vampyressa''.''American Museum Novitates'' 3813 1-17. Phylogenetic analyses In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ... support the separation of the genera. Older sources recognize ''Vampyriscus'' as a subgenus of ''Vampyressa''.Wilson, D. E. and D. M. Reeder, Editors''Vampyressa''.''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat
The bidentate yellow-eared bat (''Vampyriscus bidens'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, native to South America. Formerly classified in the ''Vampyressa genus'', phylogenetic analyses support its inclusion in ''Vampyriscus''.Hoofer, S. R., et al. (2008)Phylogenetic relationships of vampyressine bats and allies (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae) based on DNA sequences of a nuclear intron (TSHB-I2).''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'', 47(2), 870-876. Description Small in size, it measures only in head-body length, and weighs approximately . Males are larger than females. The fur is pale to dark brown over most of the body, becoming slightly paler on the neck and shoulders, and fading to greyish on the underparts. There are white stripes on each side of the face; a broader one above the eyes, and a narrower, less distinct one, running along the cheek. The borders and tragus of the ears, and also the margins of the nose-leaf, are bright yellow. The bat has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Striped Yellow-eared Bat
''Vampyriscus nymphaea'' is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. It is known commonly as the striped yellow-eared bat. It is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ..., and Honduras.Mora, J. M., Marineros, L., & López, L. I. (2014)First record of the striped yellow-eared bat, ''Vampyriscus nymphaea'',(Stenodermatinae, Phyllostomidae) in Honduras.''Caribbean Journal of Science'', 48(1), 49-51. References Phyllostomidae Bats of Central America Bats of South America Mammals of Colombia Mammals of Ecuador Mammals described in 1909 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{leafnosed-bat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brock's Yellow-eared Bat
Brock's yellow-eared bat (''Vampyriscus brocki'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. It is native to Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi .... Pacheco, D. C. R., & Pacheco, V. (2015)Taxonomía y distribución de ''Vampyriscus brocki'' Peterson, 1968 (Phyllostomidae: Chiroptera) en Perú y primer registro para Ucayali.''Therya'', 6(3), 625-642. This bat lives in evergreen forest. It eats mostly fruit. It breeds during the rainy season. References Bats of South America Mammals of Colombia Mammals of Guyana Phyllostomidae Mammals described in 1968 {{leafnosed-bat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampyriscus Nymphaea
''Vampyriscus nymphaea'' is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. It is known commonly as the striped yellow-eared bat. It is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, and Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ....Mora, J. M., Marineros, L., & López, L. I. (2014)First record of the striped yellow-eared bat, ''Vampyriscus nymphaea'',(Stenodermatinae, Phyllostomidae) in Honduras.''Caribbean Journal of Science'', 48(1), 49-51. References Phyllostomidae Bats of Central America Bats of South America Mammals of Colombia Mammals of Ecuador Mammals described in 1909 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{leafnosed-bat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldfield Thomas
Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (21 February 1858 – 16 June 1929) was a British zoologist. Career Thomas worked at the Natural History Museum on mammals, describing about 2,000 new species and subspecies for the first time. He was appointed to the museum secretary's office in 1876, transferring to the zoological department in 1878. In 1891, Thomas married Mary Kane, daughter of Sir Andrew Clark, heiress to a small fortune, which gave him the finances to hire mammal collectors and present their specimens to the museum. He also did field work himself in Western Europe and South America. His wife shared his interest in natural history, and accompanied him on collecting trips. In 1896, when William Henry Flower took control of the department, he hired Richard Lydekker to rearrange the exhibitions, allowing Thomas to concentrate on these new specimens. Thomas viewed his taxonomy efforts from the scope of British imperialism. "You and I in our scientific lives have seen the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaf-nosed Bat
The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. They are ecologically the most varied and diverse family within the order Chiroptera. Most species are insectivorous, but the phyllostomid bats include within their number true predatory species and frugivores (subfamily Stenodermatinae and Carolliinae). For example, the spectral bat (''Vampyrum spectrum''), the largest bat in the Americas, eats vertebrate prey, including small, dove-sized birds. Members of this family have evolved to use food groups such as fruit, nectar, pollen, insects, frogs, other bats, and small vertebrates, and in the case of the vampire bats, even blood. Both the scientific and common names derive from their often large, lance-shaped noses, greatly reduced in some of the nectar- and pollen-feeders. Because these bats echolocate nasally, this "nose-leaf" is thought to serve some rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampyressa
''Vampyressa'' is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. They are known commonly as the yellow-eared bats or yellow-eared vampire bats.Tavares, V., et al. (2014)Systematics of ''Vampyressa melissa'' Thomas, 1926 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species of ''Vampyressa''.''American Museum Novitates'' 3813 1-17. There are five species. Three species were recently moved to the genus '' Vampyriscus''. The two genera are differentiated by the morphology of their bones and teeth and the pattern of their pelage. Species include: *''Vampyressa elisabethae'' * Melissa's yellow-eared bat (''Vampyressa melissa'') * Southern little yellow-eared bat The southern little yellow-eared bat (''Vampyressa pusilla'') is a frugivorous bat species found in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairet ... (''Vampyressa pusilla'') *'' Vampyressa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms. These relationships are determined by Computational phylogenetics, phylogenetic inference methods that focus on observed heritable traits, such as DNA sequences, protein amino acid sequences, or morphology. The result of such an analysis is a phylogenetic tree—a diagram containing a hypothesis of relationships that reflects the evolutionary history of a group of organisms. The tips of a phylogenetic tree can be living taxa or fossils, and represent the "end" or the present time in an evolutionary lineage. A phylogenetic diagram can be rooted or unrooted. A rooted tree diagram indicates the hypothetical common ancestor of the tree. An unrooted tree diagram (a network) makes no assumption about the ancestral line, and doe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bat Genera
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out digits covered with a thin membrane or patagium. The smallest bat, and arguably the smallest extant mammal, is Kitti's hog-nosed bat, which is in length, across the wings and in mass. The largest bats are the flying foxes, with the giant golden-crowned flying fox, ''Acerodon jubatus'', reaching a weight of and having a wingspan of . The second largest order of mammals after rodents, bats comprise about 20% of all classified mammal species worldwide, with over 1,400 species. These were traditionally divided into two suborders: the largely fruit-eating megabats, and the echolocating microbats. But more recent evidence has supported dividing the order into Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
