Meaning | An old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats). |
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Synonym | order Chiroptera |
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Member of | Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | All mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
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Members | Megachiroptera, suborder Megachiroptera | fruit bats |
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Microchiroptera, suborder Microchiroptera | Most of the bats in the world |
bat, chiropteran | nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | quirópteros |
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Catalan | Chiroptera, quiròpters |
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