Rhinolophus
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Translingual
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥινός (rhinós, “nose”) + λόφος (lóphos, “crest”).
Proper noun
Rhinolophus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinolophidae – horseshoe bats.
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; Microchiroptera - suborder; Rhinolophidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (greater horseshoe bat) - type species
References
Rhinolophus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rhinolophus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Rhinolophus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Rhinolophus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
