Cynopterus

Cynopterus
Cynopterus brachyotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Cynopterus Cuvier, 1824
Species
See text.

Cynopterus is a genus of megabats. The Cynopterine section is represented by 11 genera,^[1] 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.^[2]

Species within this genus are:

Genus Cynopterus

• Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis)
• Horsfield’s Fruit Bat (Cynopterus horsfieldii)
• Peters’s Fruit Bat (Cynopterus luzoniensis)
• Minute Fruit Bat (Cynopterus minutus)
• Nusatenggara Short-nosed Fruit Bat (Cynopterus nusatenggara)
• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat (Cynopterus sphinx)
• Indonesian Short-nosed Fruit Bat (Cynopterus titthaecheilus)

References

1. ^ Andersen K. 1912. Catalogue of the chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Second edition, British Museum of Natural History.
2. ^ Kitchener DJ, Maharadatunkamsi. 1991. Description of a new species of Cynopterus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Research Western Australian Museum 15(2):307-363.