Nycteris
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew Latin, from Ancient Greek νῠκτερῐ́ς (nukterís, “bat”).
Proper noun
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Nycteridae – slit-faced bats or hollow-faced bats.
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; Microchiroptera - suborder; Rhinolophoidea - superfamily; Nycteridae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Nycteris hispida (hairy slit-faced bat) - type species
References
edit- Nycteris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nycteris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Nycteris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons