Cynopterinae Explained

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

Notes and References

1. 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. en. 53. 3. 772–783. 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.035. 19660560 . 1055-7903. 11336/74530. free.