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Hipposideridae [‚hi‚pō·sə′der·ə‚dē] (vertebrate zoology) The Old World leaf-nosed bats, a family of mammals in the order Chiroptera. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Scientists from Shandong University in China studying the rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus rouxi) found that the thin flaps of skin around the bats' nostrils, called "nose leaves," improve echolocation. Recently, we and another group independently identified several horseshoe bat species (genus Rhinolophus) as the reservoir host for a large number of viruses that have a close genetic relationship with the coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). On two Indonesian islands, three groups of the large-eared horseshoe bat hunt in the same forests but rely on different sound frequencies to detect insect prey, says Tigga Kingston of Boston University. |
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