Microchiroptera

Also known as microbat suborder

suborden de mamíferos

AI overview

Microchiroptera is a suborder of bats traditionally distinguished from larger megabats by their smaller size, their use of echolocation to navigate and hunt, and various other physical features. However, recent genetic studies suggest this traditional grouping may not reflect how bats actually evolved, since microbats appear to be a paraphyletic group—meaning they don't all share a common ancestor that isn't also an ancestor to megabats.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Microchiroptera is referenced by 159 other articles, and connects out to Emballonuridae, Noctilio and Nycteris.

It is catalogued under topics including Animals that use echolocation, Bat taxonomy and Paraphyletic groups.

Its subject is documented across 73 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

小蝙蝠（Microbat）是蝙蝠中的一個分類，以前列為翼手目下的小蝙蝠亞目（学名：Microchiroptera）。以往會將蝙蝠依其體型分為大蝙蝠亞目及小蝙蝠亞目，但此分類不符合分子的相關證據。像蹄鼻蝙蝠（英语：horseshoe bat）和其他果蝠會分類在阴翼手亚目（英语：Yinpterochiroptera）（Yinpterochiroptera）中，至於其他以往分在小蝙蝠亞目的蝙蝠則會分類在阳翼手亚目（英语：Yangochiroptera）（Yangochiroptera）中。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 5
Family: Palaeochiropterygidae
Collections: MSB, UCM
Recorded in: United States

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Chiroptera
Image: Big-eared-townsend-fledermaus.jpg

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Commons category: Microchiroptera
taxon name: Microchiroptera
taxon rank: suborder
topic's main category: Category:Microchiroptera
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Article · Español

Los micromurciélagos o microquirópteros (Microchiroptera) son un suborden del orden Chiroptera. El término de microquirópteros es algo inexacto, ya que algunos de ellos son más grandes que los megaquirópteros. El tamaño varía entre 4 y 16 cm. La mayoría del alimento de los microquirópteros son los insectos. Algunos cazan especies más grandes: lagartos, ranas o incluso peces. Hay microquirópteros, como el vampiro (Desmodus rotundus) de América del Sur, que se alimentan de sangre de grandes mamíferos.

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