Definition of Phyllostomus

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Phyllostomatidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Phyllostomus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Phyllostomatidae, Family Phyllostomidae, Phyllostomatidae, Phyllostomidae
Member holonyms: Spearnose Bat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phyllostomus

Phyllocladus trichomanoides
Phyllodoce
Phyllodoce breweri
Phyllodoce caerulea
Phylloporus
Phylloporus boletinoides
Phyllorhynchus
Phylloscopus
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Phyllostachys
Phyllostachys aurea
Phyllostachys bambusoides
Phyllostachys nigra
Phyllostomatidae
Phyllostomidae
Phyllostomus (current term)
Phyllostomus hastatus
Phylloxera vitifoleae
Phylloxeridae
PhyloCode
PhysEd
Physalis alkekengi
Physalis ixocarpa
Physalis peruviana
Physalis philadelphica
Physalis pruinosa
Physalis pubescens
Physalis viscosa
Physaloptera
Physaria

Literary usage of Phyllostomus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Families and Genera of Bats by Gerrit Smith Miller (1907)
"2 3 4 5 6 7 * 2 - 2' c 1 - Í'pm 3 - 3' 3-3" Teeth much as in Phyllostomus, but differing in several details: Inner upper incisors bifid, the slender outer ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"Larger than Phyllostomus hastatus panamensis, but apparently not otherwise different. Type, deep rufous brown, lighter and more golden on shoulders, ..."

3. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1907)
"Although showing throughout a general resemblance to Phyllostomus this genus is readily distinguishable by the bifid middle upper incisors, the narrow lower ..."

4. Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil: With a Full Account of the Gold by Richard Francis Burton (1869)
"... we found from the blood- clotted hides of our animals that they had suffered severely from the vampire (Vespertilio Naso, or Phyllostomus Spectrum), ..."

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