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Rhinolophoid Bats
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Rhinolophoid Bats

Rhinolophoidea

Rhinolophoidea is a superfamily of bats. It contains the following families: Craseonycteridae, Hipposideridae, Megadermatidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinonycteridae, and Rhinopomatidae. It is one of two superfamilies that comprise the suborder Yinpterochiroptera, the other being Pteropodoidea, which only contains the family Pteropodidae.

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6 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first · about 230 known species

Horseshoe Bats

familyRhinolophidae

Old World Leaf-nosed Bats

familyHipposideridae

False Vampire Bats

familyMegadermatidae

Mouse-tailed Bats

familyRhinopomatidae

Trident Bats

familyRhinonycteridae

Hog-nosed Bats

familyCraseonycteridae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 446956.