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Definition of Family phyllostomatidae
1. Noun. New World leaf-nosed bats.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Microchiroptera, Suborder Microchiroptera
Member holonyms: Genus Macrotus, Genus Phyllostomus, Phyllostomus, Choeronycteris, Genus Choeronycteris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Phyllostomatidae
Literary usage of Family phyllostomatidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1910)
"These all show the prominent nose leaf distinguishing the family Phyllostomatidae
and, as the Mayas probably used the largest and most conspicuous of the ..."
2. Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of by Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana (1892)
"... Of these, the eight first are members of the family Phyllostomatidae, and are
characterised by the peculiar " Nose-leaf" processes which are absent from ..."
3. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices by Alfred Marston Tozzer, Glover Morrill Allen (1910)
"These all show the prominent nose leaf distinguishing the family Phyllostomatidae
and, as the Mayas probably used the largest and most conspicuous of the ..."
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