Noun
an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
Source: WordNetChiroptera might also be a reservoir of certain paramyxoviruses that were thought to be specific to humans. Source: Internet
They only occur on about 20% of all placentalian mammal species, and are unknown from several orders of mammals (Monotremata, Edentata, Pholidota, Chiroptera, Cetacea, Sirenia and Proboscidea). Source: Internet