Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera (bats). They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genera...

Two new suborders have been proposed; Yinpterochiroptera includes the Pteropodidae, or megabat family, as well as the families Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae...

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...

its merit. The term Yinpterochiroptera is constructed from the words Pteropodidae (the family of megabats) and Yinochiroptera (a term proposed in 1984...

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...

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...

megabats, referred to as rousette bats. The genus is a member of the family Pteropodidae. The genus consists of seven species that range over most of Africa to...

kalang, or kalong, is a southeast Asian species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. Despite its scientific name, it feeds exclusively on fruits, nectar...

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...

Mammals in Western Australia include both native and introduced species. Family: Tachyglossidae Genus: Tachyglossus Short-beaked echidna, T. aculeatus...

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...

Vespertilio (16): 203–204 (Pteropodidae). Fujita, M. S.; Tuttle, M. D. (1991). "Flying Foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae): Threatened Animals of Key Ecological...

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...

group, and was subsequently lost in the family Pteropodidae. Later, the genus Rousettus in the Pteropodidae family evolved a different mechanism of echolocation...

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...

This is a list of mammals of South Australia. It includes all mammals recorded in South Australia since European settlement, including some known only...

"Evolutionary relationships of the old world fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae): Another star phylogeny?". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11: 281. doi:10...

found on Madagascar (all species counts are for Madagascar only): Family Pteropodidae (3 endemic species) Genus Eidolon (1 endemic species) Genus Pteropus...

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...

Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Pteropus Species: †P. subniger Binomial name †Pteropus subniger...

Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Pteropus Species: †P. tokudae Binomial name †Pteropus tokudae...

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:...

Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Subfamily: Cynopterinae Genus: Balionycteris Matschie, 1899 Type species...

"The phylogenetic relationships of cynopterine fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Cynopterinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (3): 772–83...

Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Acerodon Species: A. jubatus Binomial name Acerodon jubatus (Eschscholtz...

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...

Pteropodidae (Megabats)...

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...

Chiroptera Order Chiroptera: bats Suborder Yinpterochiroptera Family Pteropodidae: (about 197 species) flying foxes (Africa, Eurasia, Australia) Family...

W. N. (1976). "A new species of Pteralopex Thomas, 1888 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from the Fiji Islands" (PDF). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zool. 34 (2):...