Noctilionidae
Translingual
Etymology
Noctilio + -idae
Proper noun
Noctilionidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Chiroptera – bulldog bats or fishing bats.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Boreoeutheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Chiroptera - order; Microchiroptera - suborder; Noctilionoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Noctilio - sole accepted genus
- Noctilio albiventris (lesser bulldog bat), †Noctilio lacrimaelunaris, Noctilio leporinus (greater bulldog bat) - accepted species
References
Noctilionidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noctilionidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Noctilionidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons