Macroglossus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “large”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

Proper noun

Macroglossus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pteropodidae – long-nosed fruit bats, megabats of Southeast Asia.

Hypernyms

• (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; Macroglossusinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Macroglossus minimus, Macroglossus sobrinus (greater long-nosed fruit bat) - species

References

• Macroglossus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Macroglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Macroglossus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Macroglossus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Macroglossus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Macroglossus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.