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  CHIROPTERA - LoveToKnow Article on CHIROPTERA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The form is characteristic in each of the families; in most the earlet, or tragus, is large, in some cases extending nearly to the outer margin of the conch; its office appears to be to intensify and prolong the waves of sound by producing undulations in them.
In the Rhinolophidae, the only family of insectivorous bats wanting the trag~, the auditory bullae reach their greatest size, and the nasal appe~idages their highest development.
The Rhinolophidae are the most highly organized of insectivorous bats, in which the osseous and cutaneous systems reach the fullest development.
41.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CH/CHIROPTERA.htm   (8799 words)

  
 Rhinolophidae or horseshoe bats and Old World leaf-nosed bats - TheWebsiteOfEverything.com
Introduction Rhinolophidae is a family of carnivorous and insectivorous bats known from the Old World.
The Family Rhinolophidae is sometimes split into two families - the Rhinolophidae (Horseshoe bats) and Hipposideridae (Old World leaf-nosed bats), as in the Sixth Edition of Walker's Mammals of the World by Ronald M Novak (1999), John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
Rhinolophidae Rhinolophidae is a family of insectivorous bats, including the greater and lesser horse-shoe bats of Great Britain.
thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Chiroptera/Rhinolophidae   (428 words)

  
 Rhinolophus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The horseshoe bats of the Rhinolophus genus comprise approximately 69 individual species.
This is the largest group within the Rhinolophidae family of bats, though they show very little in the way of ecological diversity and are very much a variation on the same theme.
Their common name comes from the large horseshoe-shaped nose leaf used for directing their ultrasound.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhinolophus   (162 words)

  
 Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophidae is a family of carnivorous and insectivorous bats known from the Old World.
Simmons (1998) and Simmons and Geisler (1998) followed Koopman (1993, 1994) in recognizing Hipposiderinae as a subfamily of Rhinolophidae, a nomenclatural arrangement that provides recognition of both the similarities and differences between these clades.
The geographical distribution of Rhinolophidae is shown in red.
tolweb.org /tree?group=Rhinolophidae&contgroup=Rhinolophoidea   (593 words)

  
 Rhinolophidae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
European bat lyssavirus infection in Spanish bat populations.
Myotis nattereri EBL1b ND Nyctalus noctula NC ND Miniopterus schreibersii EBL1b EBL1 Molossidae Tadarida teniotis NC EBL1 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus EBL1b EBL1 ferrumequinum (a) The additional information was obtained from Kappeler (29), Perez-Jorda et al...
MAGAZINES Emerging Infectious Diseases 2/1/2003 Warrilow, David Harrower, Bruce Smith, Ina L. Field, Hume Taylor, Roscoe Walker, Craig Smith, Greg A. Hipposideridae Hipposiderosater 0/1 Molossidae Mormopterus beccarii 0/2 Mormopterus loriae 0/2 Unidentified Mormopterus 0/2 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus philippinensis 0/1 Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus gouldii 0/1 Miniopterus australis 0/3 Miniopterus schreibersii...
enciclopedia.cc /Rhinolophidae   (191 words)

  
 Search Results for rhinolophidae - Encyclopædia Britannica
In West Africa, for example, 31 genera embracing 97 species have been catalogued; in the United States 15 genera, totalling 40 species, are known.
Horseshoe bats are found in tropical and temperate regions from Europe...
Some groups (the Molossidae, for example), adapted for flight in open spaces and often at high altitudes, have...
www.britannica.com /search?query=rhinolophidae&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (144 words)

  
 Rhinolophus.net - references
Cotterill, F. (2002) A new species of horseshoe bat (Microchiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from south-central Africa: with comments on its affinities and evolution, and the characterization of rhinolophid species.
Cotterill, F. (1998) Female reproduction in two species of tropical horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae) in Zimbabwe.
Cotterill, F. (1996) New distribution records of insectivorous bats of the families Nycteridae, Rhinolophidae and Vespertilionidae (Microchiroptera: Mammalia) in Zimbabwe.
www.swild.ch /rhinolophus/refCotterill.html   (224 words)

  
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The largest family in the group is Rhinolophidae, which comprises 10 genera and over 130 species (Koopman, 1993).
In addition to Rhinolophidae, two other families are included in the superfamily Rhinolophoidea: Nycteridae and Megadermatidae (Simmons, 1998; Simmons and Geisler, 1998).
Macroderma gigas, a member of the family Megadermatidae, is the largest microchiropteran bat, with a wing span of 0.6m (Fenton, 1992).
ag.arizona.edu /ENTO/tree/eukaryotes/animals/chordata/mammalia/chiroptera/rhinolophoidea/Rhinolophoidea.nex   (527 words)

  
 Bat -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
(Old World leaf-nosed bats) Rhinolophidae ((Bat having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose) Horseshoe bats)
(New World leaf-nosed bats) Phyllostomidae ((Bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae) Leaf-nosed bats)
The metacarpal bone and the second and fifth toe of the forelimbs are elongated, and between these toes is a membrane, called "chiropatagium".
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/bat.htm   (1927 words)

  
 Horseshoe bat research and conservation
Lanza B., Mucedda M. and Agnelli P. On the orange Sardinian Rhinolophus mehelyi Matschie 1901 (Mammalia Chiroptera Rhinolophidae).
A revision of the Rhinolophus maclaudi species group with the description of a new species from West Africa (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae).
Danilo Russo, Gareth Jones and Antonello Migliozzi (2002): Habitat selection by the Mediterranean horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus euryale (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in a rural area of southern Italy and implications for conservation.
www.swild.ch /Rhinolophus   (1488 words)

  
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There are 3 families of bats in the fauna of Azerbaijan: Rhinolophidae, Vespertilionidae, Molossidae.
The last family includes one genera and species - Tadarida teniotis (European free-tailed bat).
5 species of the same name were discovered in the family of Rhinolophidae (Horseshow bats).
azerimammals.aznet.org /azerimammals/Bats.htm   (336 words)

  
 EUROBATS: The Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats
To incorporate the family Molossidae within the scope of the Agreement.
To replace the words "CHIROPTERA (Rhinolophidae and Vespertilionidae)" where they appear in the preamble to the Agreement with the words "MICROCHIROPTERA (Molossidae, Rhinolophidae and Vespertilionidae)".
"(b) "Bats" means European populations of Microchiroptera (Molossidae, Rhinolophidae and Vespertilionidae) occurring in Europe and non-European Range States".
www.eurobats.org /documents/agreement_text.htm   (2109 words)

  
 American Museum of Natural History Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
nov.@ Congo-Kinshasa, Uele District, Aba P. 428, not fig'd Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus abae Allen 1917 @Sp.
nov.@ Congo-Kinshasa, Uele District, Aba P. 432, not fig'd Rhinolophidae Hipposideros abae Allen 1917 @Sp.
nov.@ Congo-Kinshasa, Uele District, Faradje P. 434, not fig'd Rhinolophidae Hipposideros nanus Allen 1917 @Sp.
diglib1.amnh.org /bulletins/congo/BUL37a18.html   (556 words)

  
 Republic of Ireland - Bats (Vespertilionidae & Rhinolophidae)
Republic of Ireland - Bats (Vespertilionidae and Rhinolophidae)
Home > Republic of Ireland > Bats (Vespertilionidae and Rhinolophidae)
Nine species of bat occur within Ireland, all of which are fully protected under schedule 5 of the Wildlife Act 1976 (as amended) and the European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations, 1997.
thomsonecology.com /ire-bats.htm   (431 words)

  
 Resources on the Greater Horseshoe Bat from academic institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Resources on the Greater Horseshoe Bat from academic institutions
ADW: Rhinolophidae: Pictures:...greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus
Thumbnails Page, Chiroptera Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus: Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum), photo by Liselotte Dorfmüller.
mongabay.org /conservation/Greater_Horseshoe_Bat.htm   (344 words)

  
 Definition of rhinolophidae - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
rhinolophidae is one of more than 1,000,000 entries available at Merriam-WebsterUnabridged.com.
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 Microbat paraphyly and the convergent evolution of a key innovation in Old World rhinolophoid microbats -- Teeling et ...
and representative rhinolophoid microbats from the families Rhinolophidae
2) includes Pteropodidae and the microbat families Rhinolophidae,
of Nycteridae, Megadermatidae, and Rhinolophidae in the superfamily
www.pnas.org /cgi/content/full/99/3/1431   (3893 words)

  
 The world's top horseshoe bat websites
Like many Vespertilionidae bats, females of some rhinolophid species mate during the fall and store the sperm over the winter, conceiving and gestating young beginning in the spring.
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