Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of American chiropters of the family Vespertilionidæ; the red bats.
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- noun a genus of Vespertilionidae
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Mammals found only here or in few other Amazonian regions include three species of endemic titi monkeys (Callicebus hoffmannsi, C. dubius, C. cinerascens), endemic marmosets (Callithrix humeralifer), locally endemic white-faced sakis (Pithecia albicans), a number of rodents such as South American field mice (Bolomys lasiurus), and bats Saccopteryx gymnura.
Monte Alegre varzea 2008
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The Salim Ali fruit bat (Latidens salimalii) and the rodent Platacanthomys lasiurus represent monotypic, endemic genera.
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Platacanthomys lasiurus (_Long-tailed Spiny Mouse_) 308
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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