Definition of Family Phyllostomidae

1. Noun. New World leaf-nosed bats.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Phyllostomidae

family Phallaceae
family Phasianidae
family Phasmatidae
family Phasmidae
family Phillidae
family Phocidae
family Phoenicopteridae
family Phoeniculidae
family Pholadidae
family Pholidae
family Pholididae
family Phthiriidae
family Phyllidae
family Phyllocladaceae
family Phyllostomatidae
family Phyllostomidae (current term)
family Phylloxeridae
family Physeteridae
family Physidae
family Phytolaccaceae
family Picidae
family Pieridae
family Pinaceae
family Pinnotheridae
family Piperaceae
family Pipidae
family Pipridae
family Pittidae
family Plantaginaceae
family Plasmodiidae

Literary usage of Family Phyllostomidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"The speciality of the Neotropical region is well shown, not only by its exclusive possession of one large family (Phyllostomidae), but almost equally so by ..."

2. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Seasonal distribution of north western populations of the long-nosed bats, Leptonycteris sanborni, family Phyllostomidae. Anales Inst. Biol. Nac. Autón. ..."

3. Murciélagos de Costa Rica by Richard K. LaVal, Bernal Rodríguez-H. (2002)
"Bats of the family Phyllostomidae have a "nose leaf" which extends dorsally from the nose and apparently aids in "broadcasting" echolocation signals (Fig. ..."

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