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Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... The Old World leaf-nosed bats. Genus Anthops [45]
Phylogenetic analyses have consistently shown Palaeochiropterygidae to be the closest relatives of the living, or crown, groups of bats. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Most phylogenetic analyses only include species of fossil bats known from complete skeletons, so relationships of species within Palaeochiropterygidae are currently unknown.
It owes its name to the genus Vespertilio, which takes its name from a word for bat, vespertilio, derived from the Latin term vesper meaning 'evening'; they are termed "evening bats" and were once referred to as "evening birds". (The term "evening bat" also often refers more specifically to one of the species, Nycticeius humeralis.)
An older English name for bats is flittermouse, which matches their name in other Germanic languages (for example German Fledermaus and Swedish fladdermus), related to the fluttering of wings. Middle English had bakke , most likely cognate with Old Swedish natbakka ( ' night-bat ' ), which may have undergone a shift from -k- to -t- (to Modern ...
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The general assembly of North Carolina considered a bill in 2007 that would have made Rafinesque's big-eared bat as its state bat. The bill passed 92-15, but died in the state senate. [ 3 ] In 2020, the big brown bat was designated the official state mammal of the District of Columbia . [ 4 ]
This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the serotine bat (E. serotinus), which is thought to be its closest relative.However, a 2013 study found significant genetic divergence between E. serotinus and E. pachyomus, and thus pachyomus was raised to species status. [3]
Download as PDF; Printable version ... The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids ... Bat species within Belize account for ...