Chiroptera

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”). === Pronunciation === English: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kaɪˈɹɒptəɹə/ === Proper noun === Chiroptera A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – bats. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:Chiroptera. ==== Hypernyms ==== (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Boreoeutheria – magnorder; Laurasiatheria – superorder; Scrotifera – clade ==== Hyponyms ==== (order): Yangochiroptera, Yinpterochiroptera – suborders Cistugidae, Craseonycteridae, Emballonuridae, Furipteridae, Hipposideridae, Megadermatidae, Miniopteridae, Molossidae, Mormoopidae, Mystacinidae, Myzopodidae, Natalidae, Noctilionidae, Nycteridae, Phyllostomidae, Pteropodidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinonycteridae, Rhinopomatidae, Thyropteridae, Vespertilionidae – extant families ==== Translations ==== === References === Chiroptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Chiroptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Chiroptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Chiroptera in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell. Chiroptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI