Megabat (redirect from Pteropodidae)
Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera (bats). They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genera...
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Two new suborders have been proposed; Yinpterochiroptera includes the Pteropodidae, or megabat family, as well as the families Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae...
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its merit. The term Yinpterochiroptera is constructed from the words Pteropodidae (the family of megabats) and Yinochiroptera (a term proposed in 1984...
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List of bats of Australia (section Pteropodidae)
This is the list of bats of Australia, a sub-list of the list of mammals of Australia. About 75 bat species are known to occur in Australia, Lord Howe...
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fossil record. Relative to the current number of extant species, the Pteropodidae has one of the most incomplete fossil records of any bat group. As of...
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short-nosed Indian fruit bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in South and Southeast Asia. These bats have a relatively long...
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is part of the order Chiroptera (bats), and contains a single family, Pteropodidae. The family is divided into between two and six subfamilies, with recent...
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group, and was subsequently lost in the family Pteropodidae. Later, the genus Rousettus in the Pteropodidae family evolved a different mechanism of echolocation...
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kalang, or kalong, is a southeast Asian species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. Despite its scientific name, it feeds exclusively on fruits, nectar...
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flying fox or black fruit bat (Pteropus alecto) is a bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is among the largest bats in the world, but is considerably smaller...
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found on Madagascar (all species counts are for Madagascar only): Family Pteropodidae (3 endemic species) Genus Eidolon (1 endemic species) Genus Pteropus...
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List of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene (section Megabats (family Pteropodidae))
This is a list of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about...
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This is a list of mammals of Europe. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe (from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of...
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Mammals in Western Australia include both native and introduced species. Family: Tachyglossidae Genus: Tachyglossus Short-beaked echidna, T. aculeatus...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Pteropus Species: †P. tokudae Binomial name †Pteropus tokudae...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Pteropus Species: †P. subniger Binomial name †Pteropus subniger...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Subfamily: Cynopterinae Genus: Balionycteris Matschie, 1899 Type species...
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This is a list of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years...
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Vespertilio (16): 203–204 (Pteropodidae). Fujita, M. S.; Tuttle, M. D. (1991). "Flying Foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae): Threatened Animals of Key Ecological...
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This is a list of mammals of South Australia. It includes all mammals recorded in South Australia since European settlement, including some known only...
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Chiroptera Order Chiroptera: bats Suborder Yinpterochiroptera Family Pteropodidae: (about 197 species) flying foxes (Africa, Eurasia, Australia) Family...
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ISBN 978-1-4614-3449-8. OCLC 794056010. Simmons, N. B. (2005). "Chiroptera: Pteropodidae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World:...
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This list of mammals of India comprises all the mammal species alive in India today. Some of them are common to the point of being considered vermin while...
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Eidolon (known as the palm bat) is a genus of megabats in the family Pteropodidae. It contains two species: Madagascan fruit bat, Eidolon dupreanum Straw-coloured...
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family Pteropus alecto, the black flying fox, a megabat of the family Pteropodidae native to Australia and Southeast Asia This disambiguation page lists...
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bat (Melonycteris melanops) is a species of order bat in the family Pteropodidae. Black-bellied fruit bats are endemic to the subtropical or tropical...
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fruit bat (Pteropus dasymallus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Japan, Taiwan, and the Batanes and Babuyan Islands of...
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Yinpterochiroptera, the other being Pteropodoidea, which only contains the family Pteropodidae. The relationships within Rhinolophoidea are as follows based on a 2016...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Acerodon Species: A. jubatus Binomial name Acerodon jubatus (Eschscholtz...
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bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae. It is a small bat that lives in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It weighs...
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