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Cynopterus
Sign in to saveCynopterus (Latin meaning: ״flying dog״) is a genus of megabats. The cynopterine section is represented by 11 genera, 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderChiroptera
- FamilyPteropodidae
犬蝠屬（犬蝠），哺乳綱、翼手目、狐蝠科的一屬，而與犬蝠屬（犬蝠）同科的動物尚有裸背果蝠屬（大裸背果蝠）、棕櫚果蝠屬（棕櫚果蝠）、黑冠果蝠屬（黑冠果蝠）、短齶果蝠屬（短齶果蝠）等之數種哺乳動物。 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=犬蝠屬&oldid=25427047” 分类：狐蝠科 隐藏分类：本地相关图片与维基数据相同
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Cynopterus (Latin meaning: ״flying dog״) is a genus of megabats. The cynopterine section is represented by 11 genera, 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.
Species within this genus are: 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 (C. sphinx) Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat (C. titthaecheilus)