The Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat (''Cynopterus nusatenggara'') is a species 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 foxes. They are the only member of the su ...

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