Macroglossus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “large”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).
Proper noun
Macroglossus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pteropodidae – long-nosed fruit bats, megabats of Southeast Asia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Boreoeutheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Chiroptera - order; Pteropodidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Macroglossus minimus, Macroglossus sobrinus (greater long-nosed fruit bat) - species
References
- Macroglossus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Macroglossus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Macroglossus on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Macroglossus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
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