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Noctilio Linnaeus, 1766. Syst. Natur. 12th ed., 1:88

Noctilio americanus Linnaeus, 1766 (= Vespertilio leporinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Celaeno Leach, 1821; Dirias Miller, 1906; Noctileo Tiedemann, 1808.

Two subgenera are recognized: Noctilio and Dirias. See Lewis-Oritt et al. (2001) and Pavan et al. (2012) for phylogenies. Both studies suggest that albiventris is paraphyletic with respect to leporinus. Pavan et al. (2012) also discussed biogeography.

References:

Lewis-Oritt, N., R.J. Van Den Bussche, and R.J. Baker 2001. Molecular evidence for evolution of piscivory in Noctilio (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae). Journal of Mammalogy 82(3): 748-759. Read article.

Linnaeus. 1766. Systema Naturae. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm: 1-532. Read volume.

Pavan, A.C., F.M. Martins, and J.S. Morgante 2013. Evolutionary history of bulldog bats (genus Noctilio): recent diversification and the role of the Caribbean in Neotropical biogeography. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108(1): 210-224. Read article.

SUBGENUS Dirias Miller, 1906.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 19(1906): 84

Noctilio albiventer Spix (=Noctilio albiventris Desmarest, 1818)

Noctilio albiventris Desmarest, 1818.
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat Nouv. ed., 23: 15.
Lesser Bulldog Bat

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affinis D'Orbigny, 1835:

zaparo Cabrera, 1907.

albiventris Desmarest, 1818:

albiventer Spix, 1823;

irex Thomas, 1920;

leporinus Gervais, 1856 [not Linnaeus, 1758];

ruber Herschkovitz, 1975 [not Rengger 1830].

cabrerai Davis, 1976

minor Osgood, 1910

Brazil, Bahia, Rio Sao Francisco

Chiapas (Mexico) to Guianas, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and N Argentina

CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Least Concern (2015).

Subgenus Dirias. Formerly referred to as labialis; see Davis (1976). See Pavan et al. (2012) and Vilamiu et al. (2010) for a discussion of subspecies, but see Simmons and Voss (1998) for an alternative view of the status of affinis. Also see Hood and Pitocchelli (1983). May include more than one species, see Lewis-Oritt et al. (2001), Pavan et al. (2013), and Ospina-Garcés and León-Paniagua (2022); but see Khan et al. (2013) for a different view. Although Ospina-Garcés and León-Paniagua (2022) recognized minor as a distinct species, we continue to include minor as subspecies of albiventris pending further investigation. See Gardner (2007) for a discussion of the synonym ruber.

References:

Davis, W.B. 1976. Geographic variation in the lesser Noctilio, Noctilio albiventris (Chiroptera). Journal of Mammalogy 57(4): 687-707. Read abstract.

Desmarest, A.G. 1818. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle. Chez Deterville, Paris: 1-612. Read volume.

Gardner, A.L. 2008 [dated 2007]. Family Noctilionidae. Pages 384-388 In A.L. Gardner (eds.) Mammals of South America, Volume I. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Read abstract.

Hood, C.S., and J. Pitocchelli 1983. Noctilio albiventris. Mammalian Species 197: 1-5. Read article.

Khan, F.A.A., C.D. Phillips, R.J. Baker. 2013. Timeframes of speciation, reticulation, and hybridization in the bulldog bat explained through phylogenetic analyses of all genetic transmission elements. Systematic Biology 63(1): 96-110. Read article.

Ospina-Garcés, S.M., and L. León-Paniagua. 2022. The influence of geography in the cranial diversification of the bulldog bats of the genus Noctilio (Noctilionidae: Chiroptera). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 22: 1099–1121. Read abstract.

Simmons, N.B., and R.S. Voss 1998. The mammals of Paracou, French Guiana, a Neotropical lowland rainforest fauna. Part 1, Bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 237: 1-219. Read article.

Vilamiu, R. de P., M.M. de O. Corrêa, L.M. Pessôa, J.A. de Oliveira, and L.F.B. Oliveira. 2010. The karyotype of Noctilio albiventris (Chiroptera, Noctilionidae) from the northern Pantanal of Brazil and its taxonomic implications. Mastozoología Neotropical 17(1): 219-224. Read article.

SUBGENUS Noctilio Linnaeus, 1766.
Syst. Natur. 12th ed., 1:88

Noctilio americanus Linnaeus, 1766 (= Vespertilio leporinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Syst. Nat 10th ed., 1: 32.
Greater Bulldog Bat

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Vespertilio leporinus

leporinus Linnaeus, 1758:

americanus Linnaeus, 1766;

brooksiana Leach, 1821;

dorsatus Desmarest, 1818;

labialis Kerr, 1792;

longipes Pelzeln, 1883;

macropus Pelzeln, 1883;

minor Fermin, 1765;

rufus Spix, 1823;

unicolor Desmarest, 1818;

vittatus Schinz, 1821.

mastivus Vahl, 1797:

mexicanus Goldman, 1915.

rufescens Pelzeln, 1883:

rufipes D'Orbigny, 1835.

Surinam (restricted by Thomas, 1911)

Sinaloa (Mexico) south through to the Guianas, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, to S Brazil, N Argentina; Trinidad; Greater and Lesser Antilles; S Bahamas

CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Least Concern (2015).

Subgenus Noctilio. See Hood and Jones (1984). Antillean form reviewed by Timm and Genoways (2003). Appears to be monophyletic; see Lewis-Oritt et al. (2001), Khan et al. (2013), Pavan et al. (2013), and Ospina-Garcés and León-Paniagua (2022).

References:

Hood, C.S., and J.K. Jones, Jr. 1984. Noctilio leporinus. Mammalian Species 216: 1-7. Read article.

Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm: 1-824. Read volume.

Timm, R.M. and H.H. Genoways. 2003. West Indian mammals from the Albert Schwartz Collection: biological and historical information. Mammalogy Papers: University of Nebraska State Musuem 107: 1-47. Read article.

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