Chiroptera
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɪˈɹɒptəɹə/
Quotations
- For quotations using 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
- Cistugo, Craseonycteris, Emballonura, Furipterus, Hipposideros, Megaderma, Miniopterus, Molossus, Mormoops, Mystacina, Myzopoda, Natalus, Noctilio, Nycteris, Phyllostomus, Pteropus, Rhinolophus, Rhinopoma, Thyroptera, Vespertilio - selected genera
- 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
Chiroptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Chiroptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Chiroptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Chiroptera in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Chiroptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- 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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
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