Pteropodidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yinpterochiroptera
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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamiliae (8 + †2): †Archaeopteropodinae – Cynopterinae – Eidolinae – Harpyionyterinae – Macroglossusinae – Notopterisinae – Nyctimeninae – †Propottinae – Pteropodinae – Rousettinae

Name

Pteropodidae Gray, 1821: 299

Synonymy

Cephalotidae Gray, 1821: 299
Harpyidae Smith, 1842: 115

References

Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.

Additional references

Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. 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 Reference page.
Almeida, F.C., Giannni, N.P. & Simmons, N.B. 2016. The Evolutionary History of the African Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Acta Chiropterologica 18(1): 73–108. DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.003 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 BHL Reference page.
Nesi, N., Tsagkogeorga, G., Tsang, S.M., Nicolas, V., Lalis, A., Scanlon, A.T., Riesle-Sbarbaro, S.A., Wiantoro, S., Hitch, A.T., Juste, J., Pinzari, C.A., Bonaccorso, F.J., Todd, C.M., Lim, B.K., Simmons, N.B., McGowen, M.R. & Rossiter, S.J. 2021. Interrogating phylogenetic discordance resolves deep splits in the rapid radiation of Old World Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Systematic Biology 70(6): 1077–1089. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syab013 Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Flughunde
English: Old World fruit bats; flying foxes
suomi: Hedelmälepakot
hrvatski: Velešišmiši; letipsi
日本語: オオコウモリ科
Nederlands: Vleerhonden
norsk nynorsk: Flygehund
português: Morcegos-frugívoros
ไทย: ค้างคาวผลไม้

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