Unlike the suborder Microchiroptera, members of the Megachiroptera, such as " P . lucasi " do not echolocate.
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In the 1980s, a hypothesis based on morphological evidence was offered that stated the Megachiroptera evolved flight separately from the Microchiroptera.
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Despite the larger size observed in the females, M . pusillus is still one of the smaller mammals in the Megachiroptera suborder.
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Out of two traditionally recognized suborders Megachiroptera ( megabats ) and Microchiroptera ( microbats / echolocating bats ), the greater noctule bat belongs to the Microchiroptera suborder.
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Bats have been traditionally thought to belong to one of two monophyletic groups, a view that is reflected in their classification into two suborders ( Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera ).
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The so-called flying primate hypothesis proposes that, when adaptations to flight are removed, the Megachiroptera are allied to primates by anatomical features not shared with Microchiroptera.
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Novacek ( 1987 ) reanalyzed morphology of " Icaronycteris " and " Palaeochiropteryx " and concluded that they are more closely related to Microchroptera than to Megachiroptera.
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Bats are mammals that are classified into two orders Megachiroptera ( megabats ), in which fruit bats belong; and Microchiroptera ( microbats ) which includes all the other bats.
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The traditional subdivision between Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera reflects the view that these groups of bats have evolved independently of each other for a long time, from a common ancestor already capable of flight.
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Bats were formerly grouped in the superorder Archonta, along with the treeshrews ( Scandentia ), colugos ( Dermoptera ), and the primates, because of the apparent similarities between Megachiroptera and such mammals.
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