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Monotypic taxon: Genus Otonycteris Peters, 1859 - desert long-eared bat (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Chiroptera - (Family) Vespertilionidae

Subsequent positions

Nycticeini (Tribe) Gervais, 1855

Current position

Plecotini (Tribe) Gray, 1866

Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 481.

Alternative positions

*Nycticeini* (Tribe) Gervais, 1855	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 321.
*Vespertilioninae* (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 219.

Historical positions

*Plecotini* (Tribe) Gray, 1866	Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 481.
*Nycticeini* (Tribe) Gervais, 1855	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 321.
*Vespertilioninae* (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 219.
*Vespertilioninae* (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 83.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Sep 2014	[1s]
2005	N.B. Simmons: 482	[1s]
1993	K.F. Koopman	[1s]
1993	K.F. Koopman	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]

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Last updated: 21 Sep 2025