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Thoopterus
Sign in to saveThoopterus (Latin meaning: ״flying Jackal״) is a genus of megabat. It has two species: Swift fruit bat (Thoopterus nigrescens) Suhaniah fruit bat (Thoopterus suhaniahae)
Species
Swift Fruit Bat
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderChiroptera
- FamilyPteropodidae
Observations6
Observations recorded567
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Collections
- BPBM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pteropodidae
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- taxon name
- Thoopterus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Swift Fruit Bat
- Commons category
- Thoopterus
- diel cycle
- crepuscular
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Thoopterus (Latin meaning: ״flying Jackal״) is a genus of megabat. It has two species: Swift fruit bat (Thoopterus nigrescens) Suhaniah fruit bat (Thoopterus suhaniahae)
Prior to 2012, it was considered to consist of only one species (T. nigrescens).
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