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mouse-tailed bat

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Also known as: Rhinopoma

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Family Rhinopomatidae (mouse-tailed bats) 4 small species in 1 genus (Rhinopoma) of North Africa and tropical Asia. Tail very long and largely free beyond a narrow interfemoral membrane. Ears large; small nose leaf; primitive shoulder girdle. Family Thyropteridae (disk-winged bats) 3 species in 1 genus (
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