Families Hipposideridae (Old World) and Phyllostomatidae (New World): numerous species
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The best-supported nodes in the tree mostly correspond with unquestioned sister taxa in the data set (hedgehog and gymnure; Daubenton's and leaf-nosed bats; horse and rhino; sheep and cow; mouse and mole rat; human and squirrel monkey).
New World leaf-nosed bats are a common and diverse group that includes around 143 species, placed in 49 genera.
They used a novel comparative analysis to test that prediction with leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae).
Old World leaf-nosed bats are sometimes regarded as a subfamily of the Rhinolophidae.
To explore this idea, the investigators turned to the heterogeneous family of Phyllostomidae, the New World leaf-nosed bats.
Definition of leaf-nosed bat in US English:
leaf-nosed bat
noun
A bat with a leaflike appendage on the snout.
蹄蝠,叶口蝠
Families Hipposideridae (Old World) and Phyllostomatidae (New World): numerous species
Example sentencesExamples
They used a novel comparative analysis to test that prediction with leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae).
Old World leaf-nosed bats are sometimes regarded as a subfamily of the Rhinolophidae.
To explore this idea, the investigators turned to the heterogeneous family of Phyllostomidae, the New World leaf-nosed bats.
New World leaf-nosed bats are a common and diverse group that includes around 143 species, placed in 49 genera.
The best-supported nodes in the tree mostly correspond with unquestioned sister taxa in the data set (hedgehog and gymnure; Daubenton's and leaf-nosed bats; horse and rhino; sheep and cow; mouse and mole rat; human and squirrel monkey).