Biology:Nose-leaf
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Nose-leaf diagram of a horseshoe bat
A leaf nose or nose-leaf is an often large, lance-shaped nose, found in bats of the Phyllostomidae, Hipposideridae, and Rhinolophidae families. Because these bats echolocate nasally, this nose-leaf is thought to serve some role in modifying and directing the echolocation call.[1][2]
The shape of the nose-leaf can be an important for identifying and classifying bats.[3]
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References
- ↑ Macdonald, D., ed (1984). The Encyclopedia of Mammals. New York: Facts on File. pp. 805. ISBN 0-87196-871-1. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofma00mals_0/page/805.
- ↑ Wetterer, Andrea L. (2000). "Phylogeny of Phyllostomid Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Data from Diverse Morphological Systems, Sex Chromosomes, and Restriction Sites". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 248 (1): 1–200. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)248<0001:POPBMC>2.0.CO;2.
- ↑ "Noseleaves". The Animal Diversity Web. 2016. http://animaldiversity.org/collections/mammal_anatomy/noseleaves/.
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