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family Hipposideridae - Old World leafnose bats

mammal family - a family of mammals

Microchiroptera, suborder Microchiroptera - most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats

genus Hipposideros, Hipposideros - horseshoe bats

genus Rhinonicteris, Rhinonicteris - orange horseshoe bats

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References in periodicals archive

Bats of the genus Hipposideros, family Hipposideridae, are among the most speciose insectivorous bats; [approximately equal to] 70 species are distributed across Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Novel bat-borne hantavirus, Vietnam

All CoVs in our study were found in members of the genus Hipposideros (family Hipposideridae).

Distant relatives of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and close relatives of human coronavirus 229E in bats, Ghana

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