Macroglossus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “large”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).
Proper noun edit
Macroglossus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pteropodidae – long-nosed fruit bats, megabats of Southeast Asia.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Boreoeutheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Chiroptera - order; Pteropodidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Macroglossus minimus, Macroglossus sobrinus (greater long-nosed fruit bat) - species
References edit
Macroglossus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Macroglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Macroglossus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Macroglossus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Macroglossus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Macroglossus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Macroglossus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
