order Chiroptera

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order Chiroptera - an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)

Chiroptera

animal order - the order of animals

Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

bat, chiropteran - nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

Megachiroptera, suborder Megachiroptera - fruit bats

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

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BAT chiropter chiroptera chiropteran Eutheria Megachiroptera Microchiroptera subclass Eutheria suborder Megachiroptera suborder Microchiroptera			Bats are one of the most numerous kinds of mammals with nearly 950 different species, and belong to the order Chiroptera, that means, 'winged hand'. Bihar villagers worship bats as their lucky mascots by Asian News International ORDER CHIROPTERA (Bats) FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE (Vespertilionid Bats) Genus Myotis Kaup, 1829 (Mouse-eared Bats) Myotis cf. Late Holocene (Little Ice Age Interval) microvertebrates from ... by Holman, J. Alan; Lundrigan, Barbara L.; Myers, Philip / Michigan Academician longirostris Bachman, southeastern SC shrew Family Talpidae (moles) S Condylura cristata (Rafinesque) NE star-nosed mole Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus), I eastern mole Order Chiroptera (bats) Family Vespertilionidae (vespertilionid bats) Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois), big I brown bat Lasionycteris noctivagans I (LeConte), silver-haired bat Lasiurus borealis (Muller), red bat I L. Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana by Minton, Sherman A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science			order Artiodactyla order Aspergillales order Auriculariales order Batoidei order Batrachia order Belemnoidea order Bennettitales order Berycomorphi order Blastocladiales order book order Branchiura order Bryales order Campanulales order Caprimulgiformes order Carnivora order Caryophyllales order Casuariiformes order Casuarinales order Caudata order Cestida order Cetacea order Charadriiformes order Charales order Chelonethida order Chelonia order Chiroptera order Chlorococcales order Chytridiales order Ciconiiformes order Cilioflagellata order Coccidia order code order Coleoptera order Collembola order Columbiformes order Colymbiformes order Commelinales order Coniferales order Conodonta order Conodontophorida order Coraciiformes order Cordaitales order Corrodentia order Crocodilia order Crocodylia order Cuculiformes order Cycadales order Cycadofilicales order Cyclostomata order Cydippea order Cydippida			Order Book Official Order Book Officials Order Book to Turnover Order Book Trading Static Monitoring Order Book Value order books order Branchiura order Bryales Order by Description order by law order Campanulales order Caprimulgiformes order Carnivora order Caryophyllales order Casuariiformes order Casuarinales order Caudata order Cestida order Cetacea Order Change Management order Charadriiformes order Charales order Chelonethida order Chelonia order Chiroptera order Chlorococcales order Chytridiales order Ciconiiformes order Cilioflagellata order Coccidia order code Order Code Processor Order Code Processor order Coleoptera order Collembola order Columbiformes order Colymbiformes order Commelinales Order Communication System Order Configuration and Distribution order Coniferales order Conodonta order Conodontophorida Order Control System order Coraciiformes order Cordaitales order Corrodentia order Crocodilia order Crocodylia order Cuculiformes

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