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SUPERORDER ARCHONTA

SUPERORDER ARCHONTA. ORDER CHIROPTERA. Superorder Archonta Order Chiroptera Suborder Megachiroptera Family Pteropodidae. Superorder Archonta Order Chiroptera Suborder Microchiroptera Family Noctilionidae. Noctilio leporinus Orange color Large feet with big claws for catching fish

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SUPERORDER ARCHONTA

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  1. SUPERORDER ARCHONTA ORDER CHIROPTERA

  2. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MegachiropteraFamily Pteropodidae

  3. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Noctilionidae Noctilio leporinus • Orange color • Large feet with big claws for catching fish • Piscivorous • Big uropatagium • Large, narrow ears • Wide rostrum • Large sagittal crest

  4. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Mormoopidae Mormoops megalophylla • Short and upturned rostrum

  5. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Mormoopidae Pteronotus parnellii • Tail on top of uropatagium; not connected at end • Longer rostrum, flatter skull • Light brown; lighter behind head

  6. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Desmodontinae Desmodus rotundus • Very small uropatagium • I and C are enlarged and blade-like • Sanguinivory

  7. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Phyllostominae Macrotus • Hair light at base, dark at tips • HUGE ears • Insectivory

  8. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Phyllostominae Vampyrum • Large sagittal crest • Large bat • Large ears • Small U shape in uropatagium • Carnivory

  9. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Glossophaginae Glossophaga soricina • Leaf shaped skin flap on nose • Nectivory

  10. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Stenodermatinae • Sturnira • Frugivorous • No uropatagium • No tail

  11. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Stenodermatinae Artibeus • Two white stripes on face • Large bat • Inverted U-shaped uropatagium • Short, heavy rostrum • Frugivorous

  12. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Stenodermatinae Uroderma • White line down back • Two facial stripes • Frugivorous

  13. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Carollinae • Zygomatic arch incomplete • Frugivorous

  14. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Molossidae Tadarida brasiliensis • Large, forward-facing ears, almost connected in middle • Wide rostrum • Tail extends beyond uropatagium • Small hairs on hind feet

  15. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Molossidae Eumops perotis • Skull relatively broad and heavy • Large bat-about 7 inches • Huge forward-facing ears that connect in middle

  16. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Natalidae Natalus • Uropatagium longer than length of body • Tail extends to the end of the uropatagium • Rostrum slants upward

  17. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae Myotis yumanensis • Long and pointed tragus • Premolars 3/3 • Total # teeth =38

  18. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae Myotis velifer • Paler than M. yumanensis and M. thysanodes

  19. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae Myotis thysanodes • Reddish-brown • Fringe of hairs on the uropatagium • Pointed tragus • 2/3, 1/1, 3/3, 3/3 =38

  20. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus hesperus • Short, blunt tragus • First upper I has well-developed secondary cusp • 2/3, 1/1, 2/2, 3/3

  21. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus subflavus • Long, slender tragus • Dark wings with leading edge of • wing and uropatagium lighter • Some hair on top of uropatagium • Hairs = tricolored

  22. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae Eptesicus fuscus • Similar to P. hesperus • More golden/reddish • Longer hair • Bigger in size • Black face, ears, wings and urapatagium

  23. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae Lasiurus borealis • Reddish-orange color • Black wings • Whitish color along sides of neck • Skull • Short, wide rostrum • Larger gap between upper I • Uropatagium fully furred

  24. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae Lasiurus cinereus • Uropatagium furred • Black wings • Overall frosted appearance • Tip of ear black with white on outside edge • Short, blunt tragus

  25. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae Nycticeius humeralis • Small, brown bat • Darker ears and wings

  26. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae Plecotus rafinesquii • Huge ears • Dark brown dorsally and white ventrally • Long hair • Dark brown • Roots darker than tips

  27. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae Lasionycteris noctivagans • Stout rostrum • Some hair on uropatagium • Silver-tipped hair on back

  28. Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae Antrozous pallidus • Huge ears, light colored • Darker wings • Creamy white dorsum

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