Rhinolophus

Translingual edit

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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥινός (rhinós, “nose”) +‎ λόφος (lóphos, “crest”).

Proper noun edit

Rhinolophus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinolophidae – horseshoe 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; Rhinolophidae - family

Hyponyms edit

(genus): Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (greater horseshoe bat) - type species

References edit

Rhinolophus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Rhinolophus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Rhinolophus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Rhinolophus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.

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