Dermoptera

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Dermoptera

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the colugos.

Hyponyms

• (order): Cynocephalidae (sole extant family)
  • †Plagiomenidae, †Mixodectidae (extinct families)

References

• Dermoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dermoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Dermoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI