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Cynopterus
''Cynopterus'' (Latin meaning: ״flying dog״) is a genus of megabats. The cynopterine section is represented by 11 genera,Andersen K. 1912. Catalogue of the chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Second edition, British Museum of Natural History. five of which occur in Malaysia, namely, ''Chironax, Balionycteris, Penthetor, Dyacopterus'', and ''Cynopterus''. About 30 names for ''Cynopterus'' species have been proposed, but only 16 are taxonomically valid forms.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. Species within this genus are: Genus ''Cynopterus'' *Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (''C. brachyotis'') * Horsfield's fruit bat (''C. horsfieldii'') * Peters's fruit bat (''C. luzoniensis'') * Minute fruit bat (''C. minutus'') * Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat (''C. nusatenggara'') *Greater short-nosed fruit bat ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat
The lesser short-nosed fruit 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 between , and measures . It occurs in many types of habitat, but most frequently in disturbed forest, including lower montane forest and tropical lowland rain forest, plus gardens, mangroves, and vegetation on beaches.Payne, J., C. M. Francis, and K. Phillips. (1985). ''A Field Guide to The Mammals Of Borneo''. Malaysia: The Sabah Society. p.173. Description Lesser short-nosed fruit bats are generally brown to yellowish brown with a brighter collar. Adult males have dark orange collars whereas adult females have yellowish collars. An indistinct collar is observed in some immature bats. The edges of the ears and the wing bones are usually white. Individuals have two pairs of lower incisors, a fox-like face and large dark eyes.Nowak, R. (1997)''Cynopterus''. (On-line). ''Walker's Mammals of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynopterus Sphinx
The greater short-nosed fruit bat (''Cynopterus sphinx''), or short-nosed Indian fruit bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in South and Southeast Asia. Description These bats have a relatively long snout. Their upper parts are brown to grey-brown with paler under parts. The fur is very fine and silky. The ears and wing bones of ''C. sphinx'' are edged in white. Lower cheek teeth rounded without accessory cusps. The wingspan of the adult is about 48 cm. Juveniles are lighter than adults. Average forearm length is 70.2 mm (64–79 mm). Habitat The greater short-nosed fruit bat is found from Pakistan to Vietnam. It is common in tropical forests and areas where fruit crops are cultivated. They can also be found in grasslands and mangrove forests. They typically nest high in palm trees. The bats chew the fronds of the palms to construct fairly simple tents. These bats are also known to construct tents by closely interweaving the leaves and twi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
The greater short-nosed fruit bat (''Cynopterus sphinx''), or short-nosed Indian fruit bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in South and Southeast Asia. Description These bats have a relatively long snout. Their upper parts are brown to grey-brown with paler under parts. The fur is very fine and silky. The ears and wing bones of ''C. sphinx'' are edged in white. Lower cheek teeth rounded without accessory cusps. The wingspan of the adult is about 48 cm. Juveniles are lighter than adults. Average forearm length is 70.2 mm (64–79 mm). Habitat The greater short-nosed fruit bat is found from Pakistan to Vietnam. It is common in tropical forests and areas where fruit crops are cultivated. They can also be found in grasslands and mangrove forests. They typically nest high in palm trees. The bats chew the fronds of the palms to construct fairly simple tents. These bats are also known to construct tents by closely interweaving the leaves and twi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynopterus
''Cynopterus'' (Latin meaning: ״flying dog״) is a genus of megabats. The cynopterine section is represented by 11 genera,Andersen K. 1912. Catalogue of the chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Second edition, British Museum of Natural History. five of which occur in Malaysia, namely, ''Chironax, Balionycteris, Penthetor, Dyacopterus'', and ''Cynopterus''. About 30 names for ''Cynopterus'' species have been proposed, but only 16 are taxonomically valid forms.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. Species within this genus are: Genus ''Cynopterus'' *Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (''C. brachyotis'') * Horsfield's fruit bat (''C. horsfieldii'') * Peters's fruit bat (''C. luzoniensis'') * Minute fruit bat (''C. minutus'') * Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat (''C. nusatenggara'') *Greater short-nosed fruit bat ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peters's Fruit Bat
Peters's fruit bat (''Cynopterus luzoniensis'') is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Sulawesi, Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ..., and adjacent small islands. References Further reading *Don E. Wilson & Deeann, and M. Reeder, 2005: ''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference''. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore *Peters. 1861. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1861: 708. *Conservation status: IUCN link: ''Cynopterus luzoniensis'' (Not Evaluated) *''Cynopterus luzoniensis'' on Mammal Species of the World. Cynopterus Mammals described in 1861 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters {{fruit-bat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesian Short-nosed Fruit Bat
The Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat (''Cynopterus titthaecheilus'') is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ..., and has three subspecies: *''C. t. major'' *''C. t. terminus'' *''C. t. titthaecheilus'' References Cynopterus Bats of Indonesia Least concern biota of Asia Mammals described in 1825 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck {{fruit-bat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horsfield's Fruit Bat
Horsfield's fruit bat (''Cynopterus horsfieldii'') is a species of megabat native to South East Asia. It is named for Thomas Horsfield, an American naturalist who presented the type specimen to the British Museum. Description Horsfield's fruit bat is a medium-sized megabat, intermediate in size between flying foxes and pygmy fruit bats. Adults weigh around , and have light-grey to brown fur, with a reddish-brown or orange mantle around the shoulders. In some males, the mantle extends across the chest, and the fur is often brighter in colour than in females. The rim of the ears and the skin overlying the metacarpals and phalanges within the wing are white. Juveniles have a more bland coat pattern, with uniformly dull buff or grey fur. The bats have a short, broad snout, ending in a pair of almost tubular nostrils. Both the eyes and ears are large, although the latter have a simpler structure than in most other bats, and lack tragi. The wings have a low aspect ratio and high wing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megabat
Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera (bats). They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genera ''Acerodon'' and ''Pteropus''—flying foxes. They are the only member of the superfamily Pteropodoidea, which is one of two superfamilies in the suborder Yinpterochiroptera. Internal divisions of Pteropodidae have varied since subfamilies were first proposed in 1917. From three subfamilies in the 1917 classification, six are now recognized, along with various tribes. As of 2018, 197 species of megabat had been described. The leading theory of the evolution of megabats has been determined primarily by genetic data, as the fossil record for this family is the most fragmented of all bats. They likely evolved in Australasia, with the common ancestor of all living pteropodids existing approximately 31 million years ago. Many of their lineages probably originated in Melanesia, then dispersed over time to mainland Asia, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minute Fruit Bat
The minute fruit bat (''Cynopterus minutus'') is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar .... References Cynopterus Bats of Southeast Asia Bats of Indonesia Bats of Malaysia Mammals of Borneo Mammals of Brunei Fauna of Java Mammals of Sulawesi Fauna of Sumatra Least concern biota of Asia Mammals described in 1906 Taxa named by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. {{fruit-bat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nusatenggara Short-nosed Fruit Bat
The Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat (''Cynopterus nusatenggara'') is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae found in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... It has three subspecies: *''C. n. nusatenggara'' *''C. n. sinagai'' *''C. n. wetarensis'' References *D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: ''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference''. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore Cynopterus Mammals described in 1991 Taxa named by Darrell Kitchener Bats of Indonesia {{fruit-bat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxonomy (biology)
In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given a taxonomic rank; groups of a given rank can be aggregated to form a more inclusive group of higher rank, thus creating a taxonomic hierarchy. The principal ranks in modern use are domain, kingdom, phylum (''division'' is sometimes used in botany in place of ''phylum''), class, order, family, genus, and species. The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus is regarded as the founder of the current system of taxonomy, as he developed a ranked system known as Linnaean taxonomy for categorizing organisms and binomial nomenclature for naming organisms. With advances in the theory, data and analytical technology of biological systematics, the Linnaean system has transformed into a system of modern biological classification intended to reflect the evolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Cuvier
Georges-Frédéric Cuvier (28 June 1773 – 24 July 1838) was a French zoologist and paleontologist. He was the younger brother of noted naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier. Career Frederic was the head keeper of the menagerie at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris from 1804 to 1838. He named the red panda (''Ailurus fulgens'') in 1825. The chair of comparative physiology was created for him at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in 1837. He was elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society in 1835. He is mentioned in Charles Darwin's ''On the Origin of Species'' (Chapter VII) as having worked on animal behaviour and instinct, especially the distinction between habit and instinct. He is also mentioned in Herman Melville's ''Moby-Dick'' (Chapter 32) as having written on the topic of whales. Evolution Cuvier has been described as the first scientist to use terms ''"héréditaire"'' (hereditary) in 1807 and "heredity” in 1812 in their now biological context. He used b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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