leaf-nosed bat

1. Bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose;
   Especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae (synset 102144365)
   is a type of: carnivorous bat, microbat - typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution
   subtypes:

   • macrotus, macrotus californicus - large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico
   • spearnose bat - New World bat with a pointed nose leaf; found from southern United States to Paraguay
   • phyllostomus hastatus - a variety of leaf-nosed bat
   • choeronycteris mexicana, hognose bat - small-eared Mexican bat with a long slender nose
   • horseshoe bat - a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
   • horseshoe bat - any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
   • orange bat, orange horseshoe bat, rhinonicteris aurantius - a common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur
   • false vampire, false vampire bat - any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects
   same as: leafnose bat

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