Noctilio

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Noctilio m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Noctilionidae – the bulldog bats.

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; Microchiroptera - suborder; Noctilionoidea - superfamily; Noctilionidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Noctilio (Dirias), Noctilio (Noctilio) - subgenera
  • Noctilio leporinus (greater bulldog bat, fisherman bat); Noctilio albiventris (lesser bulldog bat) - species

References

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