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GENUS Noctilio

Author:Linnaeus, 1766.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1: 88.
Type Species:Noctilio americanus Linnaeus, 1766 (= Vespertilio leporinus Linnaeus, 1758).
Comments:Two subgenera are recognized, Noctilio and Dirias.
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SUBGENUS Noctilio

SPECIES leporinus

SUBSPECIES leporinus

SUBSPECIES mastivus

SUBSPECIES rufescens

SUBGENUS Dirias

SPECIES albiventris

SUBSPECIES albiventris

SUBSPECIES cabrerai

SUBSPECIES minor

Synonyms:

    Celaeno Leach, 1821
    Noctileo Tiedemann, 1808

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