Definition of Genus hipposideros

1. Noun. Horseshoe bats.

Exact synonyms: Hipposideros
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Hipposideridae, Hipposideridae
Member holonyms: Horseshoe Bat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hipposideros

genus Hexamita
genus Hexanchus
genus Hibbertia
genus Hibiscus
genus Hieracium
genus Himantoglossum
genus Himantopus
genus Hippeastrum
genus Hippobosca
genus Hippocampus
genus Hippocrepis
genus Hippodamia
genus Hippoglossoides
genus Hippoglossus
genus Hippopotamus
genus Hipposideros
genus Hippotragus
genus Hipsurus
genus Hirudo
genus Hirundo
genus Hoheria
genus Holarrhena
genus Holbrookia
genus Holcus
genus Holocentrus
genus Holothuria
genus Homarus
genus Homo
genus Homogyne
genus Homona

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 ..."

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