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Definition of Genus Hipposideros
1. Noun. Horseshoe bats.
Exact synonyms: Hipposideros
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Hipposideridae, Hipposideridae
Member holonyms: Horseshoe Bat
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Hipposideridae, Hipposideridae
Member holonyms: Horseshoe Bat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hipposideros
Literary usage of Genus Hipposideros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea, in the Collection of the by John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1859)
"... the genus Hipposideros may be confined to those species of the larger genus
which have a large cavity opening with an expanding pore on the forehead ..."
2. Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea by British museum. (Natural history) Dept. of zoology, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1859)
"... the genus Hipposideros may be confined to those species of the larger genus
which have a large cavity opening with an expanding pore on the forehead ..."