Micronycterinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Subfamily: | Micronycterinae Van Den Bussche, 1992 |
Type genus | |
Micronycteris Gray, 1866
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Genera | |
Micronycterinae is a subfamily of leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae). They are commonly known as the little big-eared bats. It contains two genera, Lampronycteris (one species) and Micronycteris (eleven species).[1] Van Den Bussche (1992) was the first to propose the subfamily, which initially just contained Micronycteris.[2] Previous studies had sometimes included these genera in the subfamily Phyllostominae.[3]