 Chiroptera
"Chiroptera" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Order of mammals whose members are adapted for flight. It includes bats, flying foxes, and fruit bats.
| Descriptor ID |
D002685
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.937
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| Concept/Terms |
Rhinolophus- Rhinolophus
- Horseshoe Bats
- Bat, Horseshoe
- Bats, Horseshoe
- Horseshoe Bat
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Chiroptera" by people in this website by year, and whether "Chiroptera" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2011 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chiroptera" by people in Profiles.
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O'Malley KD, Schofield HW, Wright PGR, Hargreaves D, Corcoran AJ, Mathews F. Increasing canopy cover elevates vehicle collision risk for barbastelle bats (Barbastella barbastellus) at roads. Sci Rep. 2025 Oct 23; 15(1):37011.
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Jonasson KA, Corcoran AJ, Dempsey L, Weller TJ, Clerc J. Bats flying through a Y-maze are visually attracted to wind turbine surfaces. Biol Lett. 2025 Aug; 21(8):20250242.
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Quinn BL, Bajic JL, Romo SJ, Wu A, Bortoni A, Breuer K, Swartz SM. Anatomical distribution and flight control function of wing sensory hairs in Seba's short-tailed bat. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2026 Apr; 309(4):1161-1177.
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Rubin JJ, Campbell CJ, Carvalho APS, St Laurent RA, Crespo GI, Pierson TL, Guralnick R, Kawahara AY. Strong bat predation and weak environmental constraints predict longer moth tails. Proc Biol Sci. 2025 May; 292(2046):20242824.
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Haelewaters D, Hughes M, Barão-Nóbrega JAL, Slater K, Martin TE. Standard deviation: Standardized bat monitoring techniques work better in some ecosystems. PLoS One. 2024; 19(12):e0311553.
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Håkansson J, Quinn BL, Shultz AL, Swartz SM, Corcoran AJ. Application of a novel deep learning-based 3D videography workflow to bat flight. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2024 Jun; 1536(1):92-106.
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Demos TC, Webala PW, Goodman SM, Kerbis Peterhans JC, Lutz HL, Agwanda BR, Cortés-Delgado N, Briones S, Ree RH, Patterson BD. Ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history of African-Malagasy bent-winged bats (Miniopterus). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2023 11; 188:107890.
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Bortoni A, Swartz SM, Vejdani H, Corcoran AJ. Strategic predatory pursuit of the stealthy, highly manoeuvrable, slow flying bat Corynorhinus townsendii. Proc Biol Sci. 2023 06 28; 290(2001):20230138.
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Rummel AD, Sierra MM, Quinn BL, Swartz SM. Hair, there and everywhere: A comparison of bat wing sensory hair distribution. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2023 11; 306(11):2681-2692.
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Kuchinski KS, Loos KD, Suchan DM, Russell JN, Sies AN, Kumakamba C, Muyembe F, Mbala Kingebeni P, Ngay Lukusa I, N'Kawa F, Atibu Losoma J, Makuwa M, Gillis A, LeBreton M, Ayukekbong JA, Lerminiaux NA, Monagin C, Joly DO, Saylors K, Wolfe ND, Rubin EM, Muyembe Tamfum JJ, Prystajecky NA, McIver DJ, Lange CE, Cameron ADS. Targeted genomic sequencing with probe capture for discovery and surveillance of coronaviruses in bats. Elife. 2022 Nov 08; 11.
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