Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 451 529 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Nycticeius Rafinesque 1819
Nycticeius Rafinesque 1819 , J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts Paris, 88: 417 .
Type Species: Vespertilio humeralis Rafinesque 1818
Synonyms: Nycticea Le Conte 1831 ; Nycticejus Temminck 1827 ; Nycticeus Lesson 1827 ; Nycticeyx Wagler 1830 .
Species and subspecies: 3 species with 3 subspecies:
Species Nycticeius aenobarbus Temminck 1840
Species Nycticeius cubanus Gundlach 1861
Species Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque 1818)
Subspecies Nycticeius humeralis subsp. humeralis Rafinesque 1818
Subspecies Nycticeius humeralis subsp. mexicanus Davis 1944
Subspecies Nycticeius humeralis subsp. subtropicalis Schwartz 1951
Discussion: Does not include Scotoecus , see Hill (1974 c) . Does not include Scotorepens or Scoteanax ; see Kitchener and Caputi (1985) and Volleth and Tidemann (1991) . Does not includes Nycticeinops ; see Hill and Harrison (1987) and Hoofer and Van Den Bussche (2001) .