nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
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chiropteran::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bat |
| Type of | placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental |
| Has types | carnivorous bat, fruit bat, megabat, microbat |
Examples of chiropteran
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Molecular phylogenetics of the chiropteran family Vespertillionidae.
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If find the notion that being bitten by a radioactive bat could turn someone into a bat-man with chiropteran abilities preposterous.
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In addition to the search for Ebola in each of the chiropteran specimens caught, the researchers looked for the presence of its cousin in their tissues.
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The chiropteran phylogeny based on molecular evidence is controversial because microbat paraphyly implies one of two seemingly unlikely hypotheses occurred.
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- Bat: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- (chiroptera) an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
- Bats are flying mammals in the order Chiroptera . The forelimbs of bats are webbed and developed as wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. ...
- (Chiroptera) a taxonomic order, within superorder Laurasiatheria - the bats
- (Chiroptera) an order of flying mammals; includes bats.
- (Chiroptera (Order)) they are Mammalian generally insectivore with remarkable adaptations to the flight in the dark and to the nocturnal hunting of bugs that they capture in the air by means of an ecolocation system. ...
