Organisms

Chiroptera

Order of mammals whose members are adapted for flight. It includes bats, flying foxes, and fruit bats.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Order of mammals whose members are adapted for flight. It includes bats, flying foxes, and fruit bats.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Bats
  • Flying Foxes
  • Horseshoe Bats
  • Pteropodidae
  • Pteropus
  • Rhinolophus
  • Rousettus
  • Bat, Horseshoe
  • Bats, Horseshoe
  • Foxes, Flying
  • Horseshoe Bat

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Aspects Covered

18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chiroptera. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002685. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002685
  2. Chiroptera. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat
  3. Chiroptera. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28425