| Pteronotus | |
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| Pteronotus parnellii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Mormoopidae |
| Genus: | Pteronotus Gray, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Pteronotus davyi Gray, 1838
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| Species | |
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Pteronotus alitonus1 | |
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| Mormoopidae distribution Pteronotus in blue | |
Pteronotus is a genus of bats. Eight extant species have been recognized, as well as one relatively recently extinct species.3
References
References
- Pavan, Ana C.; Bobrowiec, P.E.D.; Percequillo, A.R. (May 2018). "Geographic variation in a South American clade of mormoopid bats, Pteronotus (Phyllodia), with description of a new species". Journal of Mammalogy. 99 (3): 624–645. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyv048.
- Mammal Species of the World - Browse: pristinus
- Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Gutierrez, E.E. & Molinari, J. 2008. Morphometrics and taxonomy of bats of the genus Pteronotus (subgenus Phyllodia) in Venezuela. Journal of Mammalogy 89(2): 292–305.