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  2. Flying primate hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The implication that bats are diphyletic has been fiercely disputed by many zoologists, not only based on the unlikelihood that wings would have evolved twice in mammals, but also on biochemical studies of molecular evolution, which indicate that bats are monophyletic. [13] [14] However, other studies have disputed the validity of these ...

  3. List of fruit bats - Wikipedia

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    Bats have been traditionally thought to be a monophyletic group; according to this model, all living fruit bats and microbats (Microchiroptera) are descendants of a common ancestor species that was already capable of flight. [3] However, there are alternate hypotheses which conclude that bats are polyphyletic.

  4. Bat - Wikipedia

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    Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (/ k aɪ ˈ r ɒ p t ər ə /). [a] With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out digits covered with a thin membrane or patagium.

  5. Yinpterochiroptera - Wikipedia

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    This suborder is primarily based on molecular genetics data. This proposal challenged the traditional view that megabats and microbats form monophyletic groups of bats. Further studies are being conducted, using both molecular and morphological cladistic methodology, to assess its merit. [1]

  6. Monophyly - Wikipedia

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    The term monophyly, or monophyletic, derives from the two Ancient Greek words μόνος (mónos), meaning "alone, only, unique", and φῦλον (phûlon), meaning "genus, species", [4] [5] and refers to the fact that a monophyletic group includes organisms (e.g., genera, species) consisting of all the descendants of a unique common ancestor.

  7. Yangochiroptera - Wikipedia

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    The Yangochiroptera/ Yinpterochiroptera classification remains a relatively recent proposal, which challenges the traditional view that megabats and microbats form monophyletic groups by claiming that the superfamily Rhinolophoidea is more closely related to Old World fruit bats than other microbats. [2]

  8. Megadermatidae - Wikipedia

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    Megadermatidae, or false vampire bats, are a family of bats found from central Africa, ... It is a monophyletic family of bats, based on genetic analysis. [6]

  9. Mops (bat) - Wikipedia

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    Mops (mastiff bats or free-tailed bats) is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae.Molecular sequence data indicates that Mops and Chaerephon are not monophyletic taxa. . However, the grouping of Chaerephon and Mops was found to be monophyletic when excluding C. jo