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Definition of 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 Phyllostomatidae
Literary usage of Phyllostomatidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The Vespertilionidae range over the whole earth, while the phyllostomatidae are
practically limited to the South American continent, only just getting into ..."
2. 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 ..."
3. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1898)
"... it has a very short central tendon, while in the vampires (phyllostomatidae)
the muscle is large and the intersection a mere streak. ..."
4. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"... phyllostomatidae, well represented. The Polynesian region, as already said,
is characterised by the general absence of non-flying mammals, and therefore ..."
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