suborder Megachiroptera

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suborder Megachiroptera - fruit bats

Megachiroptera

animal order - the order of animals

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

fruit bat, megabat - large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit

genus Pteropus, Pteropus - a genus of Megachiroptera

genus Nyctimene, Nyctimene - East Indian fruit bats

Cynopterus, genus Cynopterus - a genus of Megachiroptera

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BAT chiroptera chiropteran Cynopterus Eutheria flying fox fruit bat genus Cynopterus genus Nyctimene genus Pteropus megabat Megachiroptera Microchiroptera Nyctimene order Chiroptera Pteropus subclass Eutheria suborder Microchiroptera			But when Speakman and Racey went on to compare the energy costs of flight in microbats and in larger, sighted bats of the suborder Megachiroptera, controlling for the difference in body size, they discovered that microbats and megabats use approximately the same amount of energy. Bat breath adds fuel to evolutionary flap by Walker, Tim / Science News			suborder Brachyura suborder Carnosaura suborder Cephalaspida suborder Ceratopsia suborder Ceratosaura suborder Charadrii suborder Clamatores suborder Euronithopoda suborder Eurylaimi suborder Gorgonacea suborder Gorgoniacea suborder Heteroptera suborder Heterostraci suborder Homoptera suborder Hyperoartia suborder Hyperotreta suborder Hystricomorpha suborder Lacertilia suborder Lari suborder Lemuroidea suborder Limicolae suborder Lipotyphla suborder Maniraptora suborder Manteodea suborder Marginocephalia suborder Megachiroptera suborder Megaloptera suborder Menotyphla suborder Menurae suborder Microchiroptera suborder Mugiloidea suborder Myomorpha suborder Mysticeti suborder Myxiniformes suborder Myxinoidei suborder Natantia suborder Nematocera suborder Nothosauria suborder Odontoceti suborder Ophidia suborder Ornithomimida suborder Ornithopoda suborder Oscines suborder Osteostraci suborder Otides suborder Pachycephalosaurus suborder Passeres suborder Percoidea suborder Petromyzoniformes suborder Pinnipedia suborder Plesiosauria			suborder Carnosaura suborder Cephalaspida suborder Ceratopsia suborder Ceratosaura suborder Charadrii suborder Clamatores suborder Euronithopoda suborder Eurylaimi suborder Gorgonacea suborder Gorgoniacea suborder Heteroptera suborder Heterostraci suborder Homoptera suborder Hyperoartia suborder Hyperotreta suborder Hystricomorpha suborder Lacertilia suborder Lari suborder Lemuroidea suborder Limicolae suborder Lipotyphla suborder Maniraptora suborder Manteodea suborder Marginocephalia suborder Megachiroptera suborder Megaloptera suborder Menotyphla suborder Menurae suborder Microchiroptera suborder Mugiloidea suborder Myomorpha suborder Mysticeti suborder Myxiniformes suborder Myxinoidei suborder Natantia suborder Nematocera suborder Nothosauria suborder Odontoceti suborder Ophidia suborder Ornithomimida suborder Ornithopoda suborder Oscines suborder Osteostraci suborder Otides suborder Pachycephalosaurus suborder Passeres suborder Percoidea suborder Petromyzoniformes suborder Pinnipedia

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