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The scientific name for bats is Chiroptera, meaning "hand-wing.
Listening to BATS by GUYNUP, SHARON / Science World
But the five permanent pets, too badly injured to return to the wild, have become traveling public relations for the order Chiroptera, accompanying Mashburn on hundreds of lectures a year to schools, senior centers, Rotary clubs, conservation and farm groups.
GOING TO BAT; FLYING MAMMALS GET A CHAMPION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Investigation of this novel outbreak showed evolution in action with the emergence of an RABVV that successfully adapted from Chiroptera to Carnivora.
Bat-associated rabies virus in skunks by Rupprecht, Charles E. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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