Yangochiroptera

E597607

Yangochiroptera is a major suborder of bats that includes most of the commonly known microbats, characterized primarily by their use of laryngeal echolocation for navigation and foraging.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Yangochiroptera canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bat suborder ⓘ
taxonomic group ⓘ
characterizedBy laryngeal echolocation ⓘ
microbat-like morphology ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName yangochiropteran bats ⓘ
contrastedWith Yinpterochiroptera ⓘ
distinguishedFrom megabats ⓘ
distribution worldwide ⓘ
firstDescribedAsClade molecular phylogenetic studies of bats ⓘ
hasBodySizeRange small to medium-sized mammals ⓘ
hasBrainAdaptation specialized auditory cortex for echolocation ⓘ
hasEcholocationType laryngeal echolocation ⓘ
hasLocomotionType powered flight ⓘ
hasMember Cistugidae ⓘ
Emballonuridae ⓘ
Furipteridae ⓘ
Miniopteridae ⓘ
Molossidae ⓘ
Mormoopidae ⓘ
Mystacinidae ⓘ
Myzopodidae ⓘ
Natalidae ⓘ
Noctilionidae ⓘ
Phyllostomidae ⓘ
Thyropteridae ⓘ
Vespertilionidae ⓘ
hasSensoryAdaptation high-frequency hearing ⓘ
includes New World leaf-nosed bats ⓘ
bulldog bats ⓘ
free-tailed bats ⓘ
most microbats ⓘ
mustached bats ⓘ
vesper bats ⓘ
isPartOf Chiroptera ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
order Chiroptera ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction viviparous ⓘ
suborderOf Chiroptera ⓘ
taxonRank suborder ⓘ
typicalActivityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
typicalDiet carnivorous ⓘ
frugivorous ⓘ
insectivorous ⓘ
nectarivorous ⓘ
uses echolocation for foraging ⓘ
echolocation for navigation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chiroptera → containsSuborder → Yangochiroptera ⓘ
Phyllostomidae → suborder → Yangochiroptera ⓘ
Choeronycteris → suborder → Yangochiroptera ⓘ
Yinpterochiroptera → sisterTaxon → Yangochiroptera ⓘ
Molossidae → suborder → Yangochiroptera ⓘ
Microchiroptera → reclassifiedInto → Yangochiroptera ⓘ