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uropropatagium
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The membrane that is stretches between the legs of bats, used for flight, and in the case of insect-eating bats, for catching prey. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfemoral_membrane ]
Term info
Label
uropropatagium
Synonyms
- interfemoral membrane
- interfemoral wing membrane
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
cruropatagium
id
UBERON:0010868
taxon notes
In bats: the posterior portion of the body between the two hindlimbs, In pterosaurs: Uropatagium or cruropatagium: the anterior portion between the two hindlimbs, depending on whether it did or did not include the tail
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- inter limb-segment region and part of some patagium and connected to some hindlimb zeugopod