Definition of suborder microchiroptera Suborder microchiroptera
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| suborder microchiroptera - most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats | ||
| Microchiroptera, suborder Microchiroptera | ||
| 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) | ||
| carnivorous bat, microbat typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution | ||
| family phyllostomatidae, family phyllostomidae, phyllostomatidae, phyllostomidae New World leaf-nosed bats | ||
| family rhinolophidae, rhinolophidae Old World leaf-nosed bats | ||
| family hipposideridae, hipposideridae Old World leafnose bats | ||
| family megadermatidae, megadermatidae Old World false vampire bats | ||
| family vespertilionidae, vespertilionidae the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world | ||
| family molossidae, molossidae mastiff bats; freetail bats | ||
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