Yinpterochiroptera

Yinpterochiroptera

Taxobox
name = Yinpterochiroptera


image_width = 150px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
subordo = "Yinpterochiroptera"
subordo_authority = Van den Bussche and Hoofer, 2004
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =
Pteropodidae
Rhinopomatidae
Rhinolophidae
Megadermatidae

The Yinpterochiroptera is a proposed suborder of the Chiroptera, which includes the megabats and three of the microbat families: Rhinopomatidae, Rhinolophidae and Megadermatidae. This taxon is primarily based on molecular genetics data. This is a relatively recent proposal, which challenges the traditional view that megabats and microbats form monophyletic groups of bats. Further studies are being conducted, using both molecular and morphological cladistic methodology, to assess its merit. [Cite web
title = Order Chiroptera bats
publisher = animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu
url = http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Chiroptera.html
accessdate =2007-12-30
]

The term "Yinpterochiroptera" is constructed from the words "Pteropodidae" (the family of megabats) and "Yinochiroptera" (a term proposed in 1984 by Karl F. Koopman to refer to certain families of microbatscite web| url=http://www.bio.georgiasouthern.edu/bio-home/hutcheon/hutchkirsch2006.pdf |title=A moveable face: deconstructing the Microchiroptera and a new classification of extant bats |author=James M. Hutcheon and John A.W. Kirsch |doi=10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8%5B1:AMFDTM%5D2.0.CO;2] ).

Apparently the first appearance of the term "Yinpterochiroptera" was in 2001, in an article by Mark Springer et al.cite web| url=http://www.pnas.org/content/98/11/6241/T2.expansion.html | title=Table 2, Traditional and proposed classifications for bats included in this study |work=Integrated fossil and molecular data reconstruct bat echolocation | year=2001 | quote=The proposed suborder Yinpterochiroptera is based on the conjunction of ‘yin’ and ‘ptero’ to reflect the composition of this new taxon.]

As an alternative to the subordinal names Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochiroptera, some researchers use the terms Pteropodiformes and Vespertilioniformes. [cite journal| quote=Following the recommendations of Hutcheon and Kirsch (2004), we refer to the two suborders of chiropterans as ‘Pteropodiformes’ (comprising the Pteropodidae, Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae, Megadermatidae, and Rhinopomatidae) and ‘Vespertilioniformes’ (remaining microbat families).| title=A Nuclear DNA Phylogenetic Perspective on the Evolution of Echolocation and Historical Biogeography of Extant Bats (Chiroptera)| doi=10.1093/molbev/msi180| year=2005 |author=Eick et al.] Under this new proposed nomenclature, Pteropodiformes is the suborder that would replace Yinpterochiroptera.

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