suborder Microchiroptera

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suborder Microchiroptera - most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous batsMicrochiropteraanimal order - the order of animalsChiroptera, order Chiroptera - an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)carnivorous bat, microbat - typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distributionfamily Phyllostomatidae, family Phyllostomidae, Phyllostomatidae, Phyllostomidae - New World leaf-nosed batsfamily Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophidae - Old World leaf-nosed batsfamily Hipposideridae, Hipposideridae - Old World leafnose batsfamily Megadermatidae, Megadermatidae - Old World false vampire batsfamily Vespertilionidae, Vespertilionidae - the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the worldfamily Molossidae, Molossidae - mastiff bats; freetail batsDesmodontidae, family Desmodontidae - true vampire bats