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Monotypic taxon:
Family
Noctilionidae
Gray, 1821
- bulldog bats
(mammal)
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Noctilionoidea (Superfamily)
..Furipteridae (Family) - smoky bats
..Mormoopidae (Family) - naked-backed bats, moustached bats, ghost-faced bats
..Mystacinidae (Family) - New Zealand short-tailed bats
..Myzopodidae (Family)
..Phyllostomidae (Family) - New-World leaf-nosed bats
..†Speonycteridae (Family)
..Thyropteridae (Family) - disc-winged bats
..Noctilionidae (Family) - bulldog bats
....Noctilio (Genus) - bulldog bats, fisherman bats
Authorship
Original name
:
Gray, 1821:299.
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:
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:
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Noctilionoidea
(Superfamily)
Gray, 1821
Type
:
Noctilio
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1766
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
visservleermuizen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
:
hazelipvleermuizen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
bulldog bats
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
:
hare-lipped bats
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
:
mastiff bats
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
:
fisherman bats
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026