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Noctilionoid Bats
Noctilionoidea
Noctilionoidea is a superfamily of bats containing six families: Thyropteridae, Furipteridae, Noctilionidae, Mormoopidae, Phyllostomidae, and Mystacinidae.
It is one of three superfamilies in the suborder Yangochiroptera, the others being Vespertilionoidea and Emballonuroidea. The inclusion of Myzopodidae has been questioned, as other studies have placed it outside the superfamily as a sister group to Vespertilionoidea, sister group to Emballonuroidea, or within Emballonuroidea as part of Nycteridae.
6 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first · about 259 known species
New World Leaf-nosed Bats
familyPhyllostomidae
Ghost-faced and Moustached Bats
familyMormoopidae
Bulldog Bats
familyNoctilionidae
Disc-winged Bats
familyThyropteridae
Thumbless and Smoky Bats
familyFuripteridae
New Zealand Short-tailed Bats
familyMystacinidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 446960.