Chiroptera
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɪˈɹɒptəɹə/
Proper noun
Chiroptera
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Chiroptera.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Megachiroptera (the megabats), Microchiroptera (the true bats—the mouse-tailed bat, sac-winged bat, smoky bat, etc.) (suborders)
- Cistugidae, Craseonycteridae, Emballonuridae, Furipteridae, Hipposideridae, Megadermatidae, Miniopteridae, Molossidae, Mormoopidae, Mystacinidae, Myzopodidae, Natalidae|, Noctilionidae, Nycteridae, Phyllostomidae, Pteropodidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinopomatidae, Thyropteridae, Vespertilionidae - families
Translations
a taxonomic order of large bats
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References
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- Chiroptera in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Chiroptera on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Chiroptera at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Chiroptera at Encyclopedia of Life
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
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