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Leaf-nosed bats
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Macrotus waterhousii, Cartwright Cave, Long Island, Bahamas

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Chiroptera
Family:Phyllostomidae
Gray, 1825
Genera
See text.


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Macrotus waterhousii
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Macrotus waterhousii
The leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are ecologically the most varied and diverse family within the order Chiroptera. Phyllostomid bats include within their number true predatory species that take vertebrate prey including small Dove-sized birds in the case of the False Vampire, Vampyrum spectrum, the largest bat in the Americas. Members of this family have evolved to utilize food groups such as fruit, nectar, pollen, insects, frogs, other bats and small vertebrates, and even blood.

Both the scientific and common names derive from their often large, lance-shaped noses, greatly reduced in some of the nectar- and pollen-feeders. Because these bats echolocate nasally, this "nose-leaf" is thought to serve some role in modifying and directing the echolocation call.

There are 148 described species within 48 genera, which are listed below.
M. waterhousii

Binomial name
Macrotus waterhousii
Gray, 1843

The Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat (Macrotus waterhousii) is a species of bat in the Phyllostomidae family.
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Long Island is an eighty-mile (nearly 130km) long island in the Bahamas that is split by the Tropic of Cancer. The island is only about four miles (6km) wide, but a road spans most of the length. Long Island is about 165 miles or 265 kilometres southeast of Nassau.
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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BAT may refer to:
  • Baby AT, a variant of the AT form factor
  • Bangor Area Transit
  • B.A.T., "Bureau of Astral Troubleshooters", a 1990 computer game
  • Batch file, ".BAT", MS-DOS, OS/2, and Windows shell programs
  • BAT (G.I.

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John Edward Gray

Born January 12 1800(1800--)
Walsall, England
Died March 07 1875 (aged 75)

Nationality British
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family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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order (Latin: ordo, plural ordines) is a rank between class and family (termed a taxon at that rank). The superorder is a rank between class and order. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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BAT may refer to:
  • Baby AT, a variant of the AT form factor
  • Bangor Area Transit
  • B.A.T., "Bureau of Astral Troubleshooters", a 1990 computer game
  • Batch file, ".BAT", MS-DOS, OS/2, and Windows shell programs
  • BAT (G.I.

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Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812

Classes and Clades

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Vertebrates are members of the subphylum Vertebrata (within the phylum Chordata), specifically, those chordates with backbones or spinal columns.
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Columbidae

Subfamilies

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Pigeons and doves constitute the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species of near passerine birds.
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Vampyrum
Rafinesque, 1815

Species: V. spectrum

Binomial name
Vampyrum spectrum
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The genus Vampyrum
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Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America[1] and South America with their associated islands and regions. The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.
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Echolocation may refer to:
  • Acoustic location, the general use of sound to locate objects
  • Animal echolocation, non-human animals emitting sound waves and listening to the echo in order to locate objects or navigate

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species is one of the basic units of biological classification. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
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Anoura
Gray, 1838

Species

Anoura caudifera
Anoura cultrata
Anoura fistulata
Anoura geoffroyi
Anoura latidens

Anoura is a genus of leaf-nosed bats.
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A. nichollsi

Binomial name
Ardops nichollsi
(Thomas, 1891)

The Tree Bat (Ardops nichollsi) is a species of bat in the Phyllostomidae family.
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A. flavescens

Binomial name
Ariteus flavescens
(Gray, 1831)

The Jamaican Fig-eating Bat (Ariteus flavescens) is a species of bat in the Phyllostomidae family.
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Brachyphylla

Brachyphylla is a genus of bat in the Phyllostomidae family. It contains the following species:
  • Cuban Fruit-eating Bat (Brachyphylla nana)
  • Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

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Carollia

Species

Carollia benkeithi
Carollia brevicauda
Carollia castanea
Carollia colombiana
Carollia manu
Carollia monohernandezi
Carollia perspicillata

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Chiroderma
Peters, 1860

Species

Chiroderma doriae
Chiroderma improvisum
Chiroderma salvini
Chiroderma trinitatum
Chiroderma villosum

Chiroderma is a genus of leaf-nosed bat.
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C. mexicana

Binomial name
Choeronycteris mexicana
Tschudi, 1844

The Mexican Long-tongued Bat (Choeronycteris mexicana) is a species of bat in the Phyllostomidae family.
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C. auritus

Binomial name
Chrotopterus auritus
Peters, 1865

The Big-eared Wooly Bat or Peter's Wooly False Vampire Bat, Chrotopterus auritus
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Desmodus
Wied-Neuwied, 1826

Species: D. rotundus

Binomial name
Desmodus rotundus
Geoffroy, 1810


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Diaemus
Miller, 1906

Species: D. youngi

Binomial name
Diaemus youngi
Jentink, 1893

The White-winged Vampire Bat (
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