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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Cynopterinae
Tribus (2): BalionycteriniCynopterini
Name

Cynopterinae Andersen, 1912

Type genus: Cynopterus F. Cuvier, 1824.

References
Primary references

Andersen, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. 2nd ed., vol. 1: Megachiroptera. Trustees British Museum: London. ci + 854 pp.

Additional references

Almeida, F.C., Giannini, N.P., DeSalle, R. & Simmons, N.B. 2009. The phylogenetic relationships of cynopterine fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Cynopterinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53(3): 772–783. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.035 Paywall Reference page.
Almeida, F.C., Giannini, N.P., DeSalle, R. & Simmons, N.B. 2011. Evolutionary relationships of the old world fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae): Another star phylogeny? BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 1–17. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-281 Open access Reference page.
Almeida, F.C., Simmons, N.B. & Giannni, N.P. 2020. A Species-level Phylogeny of Old World Fruit Bats with a New Higher-level Classification of the Family Pteropodidae. American Museum Novitates 3950: 24 pp. hdl: 2246/7111 Open access Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Fruit Bats

The subfamily Cynopterinae ("flying dogs") comprises 24 species of pteropodid bats distributed exclusively in South and Southeast Asia.[1]

The subfamily contains the following genera:

Aethalops – pygmy fruit bats
Alionycteris
Balionycteris
Chironax
Cynopterus – dog-faced fruit bats, flying dogs or short-nosed fruit bats
Dyacopterus – Dayak fruit bats
Haplonycteris
Latidens
Megaerops
Otopteropus
Penthetor
Ptenochirus – musky fruit bats
Sphaerias
Thoopterus - flying Jackal

References

Almeida, Francisca C.; Giannini, Norberto P.; DeSalle, Rob; Simmons, Nancy B. (2009-12-01). "The phylogenetic relationships of cynopterine fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Cynopterinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (3): 772–783. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.035. hdl:11336/74530. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 19660560.

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