Definition of Family rhinolophidae

1. Noun. Old World leaf-nosed bats.

Exact synonyms: Rhinolophidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Microchiroptera, Suborder Microchiroptera
Member holonyms: Horseshoe Bat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Rhinolophidae

family Ramphastidae
family Ranidae
family Ranunculaceae
family Rapateaceae
family Raphidae
family Raphidiidae
family Recurvirostridae
family Reduviidae
family Regalecidae
family Resedaceae
family Rhamnaceae
family Rheidae
family Rhincodontidae
family Rhinobatidae
family Rhinocerotidae
family Rhinolophidae
family Rhinotermitidae
family Rhiptoglossa
family Rhizobiaceae
family Rhizophoraceae
family Rhizopogonaceae
family Rhodymeniaceae
family Rhyniaceae
family Rickettsiaceae
family Roccellaceae
family Roridulaceae
family Rosaceae
family Rubiaceae
family Ruscaceae
family Russulaceae

Literary usage of Family rhinolophidae

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

1. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"The Nearctic region is also unusually well marked, by the total absence of a family (Rhinolophidae) which is tolerably well represented in the ..."

2. Proceedings by Pacific Science Association (1921)
"... of the family Rhinolophidae from the Solomon-Islands. Among other peculiar and interesting species are Nycteris ..."

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