The subfamily Cynopterinae ("flying dogs") comprises 24 species of pteropodid

bats Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...

distributed exclusively in South and Southeast Asia. The subfamily contains the following genera: * '' Aethalops'' – pygmy fruit bats * '' Alionycteris'' * ''

Balionycteris The spotted-winged fruit bat, (''Balionycteris maculata'') is the smallest megabat in the world, and the only species in the genus ''Balionycteris''. It inhabits forests in Indonesia and Malaysia. Description Spotted-winged fruit bats are unusu ...

'' * '' Chironax'' * ''

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 N ...

'' – dog-faced fruit bats, flying dogs or short-nosed fruit bats * ''

Dyacopterus ''Dyacopterus'' is a genus of megabats from south-east Asia. It contains three species, namely: *Dayak fruit bat The dayak fruit bat or dyak fruit bat (''Dyacopterus spadiceus'') is a relatively rare frugivorous megabat species found only o ...

'' – Dayak fruit bats * '' Haplonycteris'' * ''

Latidens Salim Ali's fruit bat (''Latidens salimalii'') is a rare megabat species in the monotypic genus ''Latidens''. It was first collected by Angus Hutton, a planter and naturalist in the High Wavy Mountains in the Western Ghats of Theni district, ...

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Megaerops ''Megaerops'' is a genus of 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 f ...

'' * '' Otopteropus'' * ''

Penthetor The dusky fruit bat (''Penthetor lucasi'') is a species of bat found in Indonesia and Malaysia. References

Megabats Bats of Southeast Asia Bats of Indonesia Bats of Malaysia Mammals of Borneo Mammals of Brunei Mammals of Hong Kong Faun ...

'' * '' Ptenochirus'' – musky fruit bats * '' Sphaerias'' * ''

Thoopterus ''Thoopterus'' (Latin meaning: ״flying Jackal״) is a genus of 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 ''Acero ...

'' - flying Jackal

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