Hipposideros

hipposideros Translingual mul Etymology mul grc:ἵππος<t:horse> grc:σίδηρος<t:iron>, referring to the horseshoe shape of the anterior noseleaf.10.1644/1545-1410(2005)763[0001:HC]2.0.CO;2 Jan Decher;Jakob Fahr Hipposideros cyclops Mammalian Species 2005 July 2005 763 1-7 The generic name Hipposideros is from the Greek hippos horse and sideros iron, referring to the horseshoe shape of the anterior noseleaf. Proper noun 1 m genus family Hipposideridae roundleaf bats Usage notes Thought to be paraphyletic, but no consensus exists on alternative phylogenies. Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Hipposideros armiger species (great roundleaf bat), Hipposideros ater species (dusky roundleaf bat), Hipposideros bicolor species (bicolored leaf-nosed bat), Hipposideros caffer species (Sundevall's leaf-nosed bat), Hipposideros calcaratus species (spurred leaf-nosed bat), Hipposideros cervinus species (fawn-colored leaf-nosed bat), Hipposideros cineraceus species (ashy leaf-nosed bat), Hipposideros diadema species (diadem roundleaf bat), Hipposideros papua species (Biak roundleaf bat), Hipposideros ruber species (Noack's roundleaf bat), Hipposideros speoris species (Schneider's roundleaf bat), Hipposideros turpis species (lesser roundleaf bat) - selected species References 1 1 1 13800705 genus 350 631266 14582 68068 40649