Emballonuroidea

…They are found in the tropics and subarctic zones of both the Old and New Worlds, and there are many species of them, with 4 superfamilies: the Rhinolophoidea, the Rhinolophoidea, the Pteropoidea, and the Vespertilionoidea, and 17 families. The superfamily Emballonuroidea includes the Long-tailed Bats, which have extremely long tails and large ears, the Siberian Bats, which have short tails without nose lobes, the Fish Bats, which are known for eating fish, and the smallest bat, the Hognose Bats. The superfamily Rhinolophoidea includes the Lyrae Bats, whose ears join at the top of the head, the carnivorous Alaparatidae, the Rhinolophoidae, which have developed nose lobes around the nostrils, and the Rhinolophoidae. …

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…新旧両世界の熱帯から亜寒帯まで分布し，種類が多く，サシオコウモリ上科，キクガシラコウモリ上科，ヘラコウモリ上科，ヒナコウモリ上科の4上科と17科がある。サシオコウモリ上科Emballonuroideaには，尾がきわめて長く耳介が大きなオナガコウモリ科，鼻葉がなく尾が短いサシオコウモリ科，魚食で有名なウオクイコウモリ科，最小のブタバナコウモリ科が含まれる。キクガシラコウモリ上科Rhinolophoideaには左右の耳介が頭頂で連なるミゾコウモリ科，肉食のアラコウモリ科，鼻孔のまわりに鼻葉が発達するキクガシラコウモリ科，カグラコウモリ科が含まれる。…

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