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Cynopterus (short-nosed fruit bats)

Synonyms: Cyanopterus; Niadias; Niadius

Wikipedia Abstract

Cynopterus is a genus of megabats. The Cynopterine section is represented by 11 genera, five of which occur in Malaysia, namely, Chironx, Balionycteris, Penthetor, Dyacopterus and Cynopterus. 30 names for Cynopterus species have been proposed, but only 16 are taxonomically valid forms. Species within this genus are: Genus Cynopterus
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Species

Cynopterus brachyotis (lesser short-nosed fruit bat) (Attributes)
Cynopterus horsfieldii (Horsfield's fruit bat) (Attributes)
Cynopterus luzoniensis (Peters's fruit bat) (Attributes)
Cynopterus minutus (minute fruit bat) (Attributes)
Cynopterus nusatenggara (Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat) (Attributes)
Cynopterus sphinx (greater short-nosed fruit bat) (Attributes)
Cynopterus titthaecheilus (Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0