Cynopterinae

Subfamily of bats

Cynopterinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Subfamily: Cynopterinae

The subfamily Cynopterinae ("flying dogs") comprises 24 species of pteropodid bats distributed exclusively in South and Southeast Asia.[1]

The subfamily contains the following genera:

  • Aethalops – pygmy fruit bats
  • Alionycteris
  • Balionycteris
  • Chironax
  • Cynopterus – dog-faced fruit bats, flying dogs or short-nosed fruit bats
  • Dyacopterus – Dayak fruit bats
  • Haplonycteris
  • Latidens
  • Megaerops
  • Otopteropus
  • Penthetor
  • Ptenochirus – musky fruit bats
  • Sphaerias
  • Thoopterus - flying Jackal

References

  1. ^ Almeida, Francisca C.; Giannini, Norberto P.; DeSalle, Rob; Simmons, Nancy B. (2009-12-01). "The phylogenetic relationships of cynopterine fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Cynopterinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (3): 772–783. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.035. hdl:11336/74530. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 19660560.
Taxon identifiers
Cynopterinae
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