Chiroptera
Cladogram showing the position of Pteropodidae (fruit bats) within Yinpterochiroptera[1][2]

Fruit bats, also known as flying foxes or megabats, are the 197 species of bats that make up the suborder Megachiroptera, found throughout the tropics of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, of which 186 are extant. The suborder is part of the order Chiroptera (bats), and contains a single family, Pteropodidae. The family is divided into between two and six subfamilies, with recent phylogenetic analysis suggesting a different classification structure of the known species than before. Bats have been traditionally thought to be a monophyletic group; according to this model, all living fruit bats and microbats (Microchiroptera) are descendants of a common ancestor species that was already capable of flight.[3]

However, there are alternate hypotheses which conclude that bats are polyphyletic. The flying primate hypothesis was created in the 1980s stating that, based on morphological evidence, the Megachiroptera evolved flight separately from the Microchiroptera, although genetic evidence supports the monophyly of bats. This model states that fruit bats and primates share several anatomical features not seen in microbats, and are thus more closely related; for example, their brains show a number of advanced characteristics that link them to primates.[4][5]

The Yinpterochiroptera is a proposed suborder of the Chiroptera based on molecular evidence consisting of the fruit bats and five other microbat families: Rhinopomatidae, Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae, Craseonycteridae, and Megadermatidae. This model also challenges the view that the Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera are monophyletic. The other suborder consisting of the other bat species would be the Yangochiroptera.[1][2]

Conventions edit

IUCN Red List categories
Conservation status
 EX Extinct (4 species)
 EW Extinct in the wild (0 species)
 CR Critically Endangered (8 species)
 EN Endangered (15 species)
 VU Vulnerable (40 species)
 NT Near threatened (13 species)
 LC Least concern (88 species)
Other categories
 DD Data deficient (22 species)
 NE Not evaluated (2 species)

Conservation statuses listed for each species follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Species considered valid are also based on the Red List of Threatened Species unless noted otherwise in a super-scripted note. The   symbol indicates that the species's population trend is positive, the   symbol indicates that the species's population trend is negative, the   symbol indicates that the species's population is stable, and the  ? symbol indicates that the species's population trend is unknown. Population trends are based on the Red List of Threatened Species. The super-scripted "IUCN" tag is a link to that species's Red List of Threatened Species page. If a species has taxonomic synonyms, a list of these is provided in the "Scientific name" column, underneath the binomial name and author, based on the book Mammal Species of the World. If a species has subspecies, a list of these is provided in the "Common name" column, underneath the common name, also based upon Mammal Species of the World.

Classification edit

There are between two and six recognized subfamilies of fruit bats according to various authors: Cynopterinae, Epomophorinae, Harpionycterinae, Nyctimeninae, Macroglossinae, Rousettinae, and Pteropodinae. However, the relationships among fruit bats are not resolved. According to phylogenetic analysis, the Macroglossinae and Pteropodinae are not monophyletic, and possibly also the Cynopterinae and the Epomophorinae.[6] A new clade consisting solely of African fruit bats is supported by phylogenetic analysis, which will consist of 12 genera currently placed in several different subfamilies.[7] Conversely, there may have been at least three separate colonization events of Africa by fruit bats.[8] There is also controversy regarding the Southeast Asian fruit bats.[6] Listed here are 45 genera and 197 species. Of these, the IUCN classifies 88 species as least concern, 13 as near threatened, 40 as vulnerable, 15 as endangered, eight as critically endangered, four as recently extinct, and 22 as data deficient. Seven species listed here are not evaluated. The population trends of 78 species are decreasing, 40 are stable, three are increasing, and 65 are unknown.

Subfamily Pteropodinae edit

Tribe Pteropodini edit

Tribe Pteropodini – 5 genera, 73 species
Genus Pteropus Brisson, 1762 – 65 species
Synonyms:[10]
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Little red flying fox P. scapulatus
Peters, 1862
Synonyms:[11]
aLC IUCN  ?  
Native in blue, vagrant in brown
 
Mariana fruit bat

Subspecies:[12]
    • P. m. mariannus
      Desmarest, 1822
    • P. m. paganensis
      Yamashima, 1932
    • P. m. ulthiensis
      Yamashima, 1932
P. mariannus
Desmarest, 1822
dEN IUCN      
Large flying fox

Subspecies:[13]
P. vampyrus
Linnaeus, 1758
bNT IUCN      
Ryukyu flying fox

Subspecies:[14]
    • P. d. dasymallus
      Temminck, 1825
    • P. d. daitonensis
      Kuroda, 1921
    • P. d. formosus
      Sclater, 1873
    • P. d. inopinatus
      Kuroda, 1933
    • P. d. yayeyamae
      Kuroda, 1933
P. dasymallus
Temminck, 1825
cVU IUCN      
Admiralty flying fox

Subspecies:[10]
P. admiralitatum
Thomas, 1894
aLC IUCN  ?  
Aldabra flying fox P. aldabrensis
True, 1893
cVU IUCN    
Black flying fox

Subspecies:[15]
P. alecto
Temminck, 1837
aLC IUCN  ?    
Vanuatu flying fox

Subspecies:[15]
    • P. a. anetianus
      Gray, 1870
    • P. a. aorensis
      Lawrence, 1945
    • P. a. bakeri
      Thomas, 1904
    • P. a. banksiana
      Sanborn, 1930
    • P. a. eotinus
      Andersen, 1913
    • P. a. motalavae
      Felten and Kock, 1972
    • P. a. pastoris
      Felten and Kock, 1972
P. anetianus
Gray, 1870
cVU IUCN    
Aru flying fox P. aruensis
Peters, 1867
Synonyms:[15]
eCR IUCN[a]    
Torresian flying fox Pteropus banakrisi[b]
Richards and Hall, 2002
iNE  
Dusky flying fox P. brunneus
Dobson, 1878
gEX IUCN Formerly Percy Island in Queensland, Australia, until the 19th or 20th century
Ashy-headed flying fox

Subspecies:[15]
P. caniceps
Gray, 1870
cVU IUCN    
Bismarck masked flying fox

Subspecies:[15]
P. capistratus
Peters, 1866
bNT IUCN    
Native range in green, vagrant range in brown
 
Moluccan flying fox P. chrysoproctus[c]
Temminck, 1837
cVU IUCN      
Makira flying fox P. cognatus
Andersen, 1908
cVU IUCN    
Spectacled flying fox

Subspecies:[15]
    • P. c. conspicillatus
      Gould, 1849
    • P. c. chrysauchen
      Peters, 1862
P. conspicillatus
Gould, 1849
aLC IUCN      
Nicobar flying fox P. faunulus
Miller, 1902
cVU IUCN    
Banks flying fox P. fundatus
Felten and Kock, 1972
dEN IUCN    
Indian flying fox

Subspecies:[18]
    • P. g. giganteus
      Brünnich, 1782
    • P. g. ariel
      Allen, 1908
    • P. g. chinghaiensis
      Wang and Wang, 1962
    • P. g. leucocephalus
      Hodgson, 1835
P. giganteus
Brünnich, 1782
aLC IUCN      
Gilliard's flying fox P. gilliardorum
van Deusen, 1969
hDD IUCN  ?  
Gray flying fox

Subspecies:[19]
P. griseus
Geoffroy, 1810
hDD IUCN  ?    
Ontong Java flying fox P. howensis
Troughton, 1931
hDD IUCN  ?  
Small flying fox

Subspecies:[20]
P. hypomelanus
Temminck, 1825
Synonyms:[20]
    • P. vociferous
      Peale, 1848
aLC IUCN      
Ruck flying fox

Subspecies:[21]
Pteropus insularis[d]
Hombron and Jacquinot, 1842
iNE    
Andersen's flying fox P. intermedius
Andersen, 1908
hDD IUCN  ?  
Kei flying fox P. keyensis
Peters, 1867
hDD IUCN  ?  
Lombok flying fox

Subspecies:[21]
    • P. l. lombocensis
      Dobson, 1889
    • P. l. heudei
      Matschie, 1899
    • P. l. salottii
      Kitchener, 1995
P. lombocensis
Dobson, 1878
hDD IUCN  ?  
Okinawa flying fox P. loochoensis
Gray, 1870
hDD IUCN  ?  
Lyle's flying fox P. lylei
Andersen, 1908
cVU IUCN      
Big-eared flying fox

Subspecies:[12]
P. macrotis
Peters, 1867
aLC IUCN    
Lesser flying fox P. mahaganus
Sanborn, 1931
aLC IUCN    
Black-bearded flying fox P. melanopogon
Peters, 1867
dEN IUCN      
Black-eared flying fox

Subspecies:[24]
P. melanotus
Blyth, 1863
cVU IUCN    
Range in red, extinct in black
 
Caroline flying fox P. molossinus
Temminck, 1853
cVU IUCN      
Great flying fox

Subspecies:[12]
    • P. n. neohibernicus
      Peters, 1867
    • P. n. hilli
      Felten, 1961
P. neohibernicus
Peters, 1867
aLC IUCN  ?    
Mauritian flying fox P. niger
Kerr, 1792
Synonyms:[25]
    • P. fuscus
      Geoffroy, 1803
    • P. mauritianus
      Hermann, 1804
    • P. rufus
      Tiedemann, 1808
    • P. pteropus
      Merriam and Brisson, 1895
    • P. vulgaris
      Geoffroy, 1810
cVU IUCN      
Temotu flying fox P. nitendiensis
Sanborn, 1930
Synonyms:[25]
dEN IUCN    
Ceram fruit bat P. ocularis
Peters, 1867
Synonyms:[25]
    • P. ceramensis
      Gray, 1871
cVU IUCN    
Ornate flying fox

Subspecies:[25]
P. ornatus
Gray, 1870
cVU IUCN    
Pelew flying fox P. pelewensis
Andersen, 1909
bNT IUCN      
Masked flying fox P. personatus
Temminck, 1825
aLC IUCN      
Large Palau flying fox P. pilosus
Andersen, 1909
gEX IUCN Formerly Palau since 1874
Geelvink Bay flying fox P. pohlei
Stein, 1933
cVU IUCN    
Grey-headed flying fox P. poliocephalus
Temminck, 1825
cVU IUCN      
Bonin flying fox P. pselaphon
Lay, 1829
Synonyms:[26]
dEN IUCN      
Little golden-mantled flying fox P. pumilus
Miller, 1911
Synonyms:[26]
bNT IUCN    
Solomons flying fox

Subspecies:[26]
    • P. r. rayneri
      Gray, 1870
    • P. r. grandis
      Thomas, 1887
    • P. r. lavellanus
      Andersen, 1908
    • P. r. monoensis
      Lawrence, 1945
    • P. r. rubianus
      Andersen, 1908
P. rayneri
Gray, 1870
bNT IUCN    
Rennell flying fox P. rennelli
Troughton, 1929
dEN IUCN    
Rodrigues flying fox P. rodricensis
Dobson, 1878
Synonyms:[27]
    • P. mascarinus
      Mason, 1907
dEN IUCN    
Madagascan flying fox P. rufus
Geoffroy, 1803
Synonyms:[27]
cVU IUCN      
Samoa flying fox

Subspecies:[11]
    • P. s. samoensis
      Peale, 1848
    • P. s. nawaiensis
      Gray, 1870
P. samoensis
Peale, 1848
bNT IUCN      
Seychelles fruit bat

Subspecies:[11]
    • P. s. seychellensis
      Milne-Edwards, 1877
    • P. s. comorensis
      Nicoll, 1908
P. seychellensis
Milne-Edwards, 1877
aLC IUCN      
Philippine gray flying fox P. speciosus
Andersen, 1908
Synonyms:[11]
hDD IUCN  ?  
Small Mauritian flying fox P. subniger
Kerr, 1792
Synonyms:[11]
gEX IUCN Formerly Mauritius until 1859  
Temminck's flying fox

Subspecies:[13]
P. temminckii
Peters, 1867
cVU IUCN      
Guam flying fox P. tokudae
Tate, 1934
gEX IUCN Formerly Guam until 1968
Insular flying fox

Subspecies:[13]
P. tonganus
Quoy and Gaimard, 1830
aLC IUCN      
Vanikoro flying fox P. tuberculatus
Peters, 1869
eCR IUCN[e]  ?  
Kosrae flying fox P. ualanus
Peters, 1883
Synonyms:[13]
cVU IUCN      
New Caledonia flying fox P. vetulus
Jouan, 1863
Synonyms:[28]
cVU IUCN    
Pemba flying fox P. voeltzkowi
Matschie, 1909
cVU IUCN    
Dwarf flying fox P. woodfordi
Thomas, 1888
Synonyms:[28]
    • P. austini
      Lawrence, 1945
aLC IUCN    
Yap flying fox P. yapensis
Andersen, 1908
cVU IUCN  ?    
Livingstone's fruit bat P. livingstonii
Gray, 1866
eCR IUCN      
Small Samoan flying fox P. allenorum[f]
Helgen, Helgen, and Wilson, 2009
iNE[g]  
Large Samoan flying fox P. coxi[h]
Helgen, Helgen, and Wilson, 2009
iNE[i]  
Genus Acerodon Jourdan, 1837 – 5 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Sulawesi flying fox A. celebensis
Peters, 1867
Synonyms:[31]
cVU IUCN      
Talaud flying fox A. humilis
Andersen, 1909
dEN IUCN    
Giant golden-crowned flying fox

Subspecies:[31]
A. jubatus
von Eschscholtz, 1831
dEN IUCN    
current range in green, possibly extinct in orange, and extinct in black
 
Palawan fruit bat

Subspecies:[31]
    • A. l. leucotis
      Sanborn, 1950
    • A. l. obscurus
      Sanborn, 1950
A. leucotis
Sanborn, 1950
cVU IUCN    
Sunda flying fox

Subspecies:[31]
A. mackloti
Temminck, 1837
cVU IUCN    
Genus Pteralopex Thomas, 1888 – 5 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Bougainville monkey-faced bat P. anceps
Andersen, 1909
dEN IUCN    
Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat P. atrata
Thomas, 1888
dEN IUCN    
Greater monkey-faced bat P. flanneryi[j]
Helgen, 2005
eCR IUCN    
Montane monkey-faced bat P. pulchra
Flannery, 1991
eCR IUCN[k]    
New Georgian monkey-faced bat P. taki
Parnaby, 2002
cVU IUCN    
Range in red, extinct in black
Genus Styloctenium Matschie, 1899 – 2 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat S. wallacei
Gray, 1866
bNT IUCN      
Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat S. mindorensis
Esselstyn, 2007
hDD IUCN  ?  
Genus Neopteryx Hayman, 1946 – 1 species
Synonyms:[32]
    • Neoptryx
      Van der Zon, 1979
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Small-toothed fruit bat N. frosti
Hayman, 1946
dEN IUCN    

Tribe Macroglossini edit

Tribe Macroglossini – 2 genera, 5 species
Genus Macroglossus Cuviwer, 1824 – 2 species
Synonyms:[33]
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Long-tongued nectar bat

Subspecies:[33]
    • M. m. minimus
      Geoffroy, 1810
    • M. m. booensis
      Kompanje and Moeliker, 2001
    • M. m. lagochilus
      Matschie, 1899
    • M. m. nanus
      Matschie, 1899
M. minimus
Geoffroy, 1810
aLC IUCN      
Long-tongued fruit bat

Subspecies:[33]
M. sobrinus
Andersen, 1911
aLC IUCN      
Genus Syconycteris Matschie, 1899 – 3 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Common blossom bat

Subspecies:[34]
S. australis
Peters, 1867
aLC IUCN      
Halmahera blossom bat S. carolinae
Rozendaal, 1984
cVU IUCN    
Moss-forest blossom bat S. hobbit
Ziegler, 1982
aLC IUCN    

Tribe Notopterini edit

Tribe Notopterini – 4 genera, 8 species
Genus Notopteris Gray, 1859 – 2 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Long-tailed fruit bat N. macdonaldi
Gray, 1859
cVU IUCN      
New Caledonia blossom bat N. neocaledonica
Trouessart, 1908
cVU IUCN  ?  
Genus Melonycteris – 2 subgenera, 3 species Dobson, 1877
Subgenus Melonycteris Dobson, 1877
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Black-bellied fruit bat M. (M.) melanops
Dobson, 1877
Synonyms:[35]
    • M. (M.) alboscapulatus
      Ramsay, 1877
aLC IUCN      
Subgenus Nesonycteris Thomas, 1887
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Fardoulis' blossom bat

Subspecies:[35]
M. (N.) fardoulisi
Flannery, 1993
aLC IUCN    
Woodford's fruit bat

Subspecies:[35]
    • M. (N.) w. woodfordi
      Thomas, 1887
    • M. (N.) w. aurantius[l]
      Phillips, 1966
M. (N.) woodfordi
Thomas, 1887
aLC IUCN  ?  
Genus Mirimiri Helgen, 2005 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Fijian monkey-faced bat M. acrodonta[m]
Hill and Beckon, 1978
eCR IUCN      
Genus Desmalopex Miller, 1907 – 2 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
White-winged flying fox D. leucopterus[n]
Temminck, 1825
Synonyms:[21]
    • D. chinensis
      Gray, 1871
aLC IUCN      
Small white-winged flying fox D. microleucopterus[o]
Esselstyn, Harvey, Garcia, Mylanar, Saulog, and Lawrence, 2008
iNE  

Subfamily Nyctimeninae edit

Subfamily Nyctimeninae – 2 genera, 17 species
Genus Nyctimene Rafinesque, 1815 – 15 species
Synonyms:[40]
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat N. aello
Thomas, 1900
Synonyms:[40]
aLC IUCN      
Common tube-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[40]
N. albiventer
Gray, 1862
aLC IUCN      
Pallas's tube-nosed bat

Subspecies:[40]
    • N. c. cephalotes
      Pallas, 1767
    • N. c. aplini
      Kitchener, 1995
N. cephalotes
Pallas, 1767
aLC IUCN  ?  
range in green, possibly extinct in orange
 
Mountain tube-nosed fruit bat N. certans
Andersen, 1912
aLC IUCN    
Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat N. cyclotis
Andersen, 1910
hDD IUCN  ?  
Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat N. draconilla
Thomas, 1922
hDD IUCN  ?  
Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[41]
    • N. k. keasti
      Kitchener, 1993
    • N. k. babari
      Bergmans, 2001
    • N. k. tozeri
      Kitchener, 1995
N. keasti
Kitchener, 1993
cVU IUCN    
Island tube-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[42]
N. major
Dobson, 1877
hDD IUCN  ?    
Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat N. malaitensis
Phillips, 1968
hDD IUCN  ?  
Lesser tube-nosed bat

Subspecies:[43]
N. minutus
Andersen, 1910
cVU IUCN    
Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat N. rabori
Heaney and Peterson, 1984
dEN IUCN    
Eastern tube-nosed bat N. robinsoni
Thomas, 1904
Synonyms:[43]
aLC IUCN  ?    
Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat N. sanctacrucis
Troughton, 1931
hDD IUCN  ?  
Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[44]
N. vizcaccia
Thomas, 1914
aLC IUCN  ?    
Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat N. masalai[p]
Smith and Hood, 1983
hDD IUCN  ?  
Genus Paranyctimene Tate, 1942 – 2 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Unstriped tube-nosed bat P. raptor
Tate, 1942
aLC IUCN  ?    
Steadfast tube-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[44]
    • P. t. tenax
      Bergmans, 2001
    • P. t. marculus
      Bergmans, 2001
P. tenax
Bergmans, 2001
aLC IUCN  ?  

Subfamily Harpiyonycterinae edit

Subfamily Harpiyonycterinae – 1 genus, 2 species
Genus Harpyionycteris Palmer, 1898 – 2 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Sulawesi harpy fruit bat H. celebensis
Miller and Hollister, 1921
cVU IUCN    
Harpy fruit bat

Subspecies:[45]
    • H. w. whiteheadi
      Thomas, 1896
    • H. w. negrosensis
      Peterson and Fenton, 1970
H. whiteheadi
Thomas, 1896
aLC IUCN      

Subfamily Rousettinae edit

Tribe Rousettini edit

Tribe Rousettini – 3 genera, 15 species
Genus Rousettus Gray, 1821 – 3 subgenera, 10 species
Synonyms:[46]
    • Cercopterus
      Burnett, 1829
    • Cynonycteris
      Peters, 1852
    • Eleutherura
      Gray, 1844
    • Senonycteris
      Gray, 1870
    • Xantharpyia
      Gray, 1834
Subgenus Boneia Jentink, 1879
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Manado fruit bat R. (B.) bidens
Jentink, 1879
Synonyms:[47]
    • R. (B.) menadensis
      Thomas, 1896
cVU IUCN    
Subgenus Rousettus Gray, 1821
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Egyptian fruit bat

Subspecies:[47]
    • R. (R.) a. aegyptiacus
      Geoffroy, 1810
    • R. (R.) a. arabicus
      Andersen and de Winton, 1902
    • R. (R.) a. leachii
      Miller, 1916
    • R. (R.) a. princes
      Juste and Iba±ez, 1993
    • R. (R.) a. tomensis
      Juste and Iba±ez, 1993
    • R. (R.) a. unicolor
      Gray, 1870
R. (R.) aegyptiacus
Geoffroy, 1810
aLC IUCN      
Geoffroy's rousette

Subspecies:[47]
    • R. (R.) a. amplexicaudatus
      Geoffroy, 1810
    • R. (R.) a. brachyotis
      Dobson, 1878
    • R. (R.) a. hedigeri
      Pohle, 1952
    • R. (R.) a. infumatus
      Gray, 1871
    • R. (R.) a. minor
      Dobson, 1873
R. (R.) amplexicaudatus
Geoffroy, 1810
aLC IUCN  ?    
Sulawesi rousette R. (R.) celebensis
Andersen, 1907
aLC IUCN      
Leschenault's rousette

Subspecies:[47]
R. (R.) leschenaultii
Desmarest, 1820
aLC IUCN      
Linduan rousette R. (R.) linduensis
Maryanto and Yani, 2003
hDD IUCN  ?  
Comoro rousette R. (R.) obliviosus
Kock, 1978
cVU IUCN  ?  
Bare-backed rousette R. (R.) spinalatus
Bergmans and Hill, 1980
cVU IUCN    
Subgenus Stenonycteris Gray, 1871
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Long-haired rousette R. (S.) lanosus
Thomas, 1906
Synonyms:[48]
aLC IUCN      
Madagascan rousette R. (S.) madagascariensis
Grandidier, 1928
bNT IUCN      
Genus Eonycteris Dobson, 1878 – 3 species
Synonyms:[49]
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Greater nectar bat E. major
Andersen, 1910
hDD IUCN  ?  
Philippine dawn bat E. robusta
Miller, 1913
bNT IUCN    
Dawn bat

Subspecies:[49]
    • E. s. spelaea
      Dobson, 1871
    • E. s. glandifera
      Lawrence, 1939
    • E. s. rosenbergii
      Jentink, 1889
    • E. s. winnyae
      Maharadatunkamsi and Kitchener, 1997
E. spelaea
Dobson, 1871
aLC IUCN  ?    
Genus Eidolon Rafinesque, 1837 – 2 species
Synonyms:[50]
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Madagascan fruit bat E. dupreanum
Schlegel and Pollen
cVU IUCN      
Straw-colored fruit bat

Subspecies:[31]
    • E. h. helvum
      Kerr, 1792
    • E. h. annobonensis
      Juste, Ibß±ez, and Machordom, 2000
    • E. h. sabaeum
      Andersen, 1907
E. helvum
Kerr, 1792
bVU IUCN      

Tribe Dobsoniini edit

Tribe Dobsoniini – 2 genera, 15 species
Genus Dobsonia Palmer, 1898 – 14 species
Synonyms:[45]
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat D. anderseni
Thomas, 1914
aLC IUCN    
Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat D. beauforti
Bergmans, 1975
aLC IUCN  ?  
Philippine naked-backed fruit bat D. chapmani
Rabor, 1975
eCR IUCN    
Halmahera naked-backed fruit bat D. crenulata
Andersen, 1908
aLC IUCN  ?  
Biak naked-backed fruit bat D. emersa
Bergmans and Sarbini, 1985
cVU IUCN  ?  
Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat D. exoleta
Andersen, 1908
aLC IUCN  ?  
Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat

Subspecies:[51]
    • D. i. inermis
      Andersen, 1909
    • D. i. minimus
      Phillips, 1968
D. inermis
Andersen, 1909
aLC IUCN    
Lesser naked-backed fruit bat D. minor
Dobson, 1878
aLC IUCN  ?  
Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat D. moluccensis
Quoy and Gaimard, 1830
aLC IUCN      
New Guinea naked-backed fruit bat D. magna[q]
Thomas, 1905
iNE  
Panniet naked-backed fruit bat

Subspecies:[51]
D. pannietensis
De Vis, 1905
bNT IUCN  ?  
Western naked-backed fruit bat

Subspecies:[51]
    • D. p. peronii
      Geoffroy, 1810
    • D. p. grandis
      Bergmans, 1978
D. peronii
Geoffroy, 1810
aLC IUCN    
New Britain naked-backed fruit bat D. praedatrix
Andersen, 1908
aLC IUCN  ?  
Greenish naked-backed fruit bat D. viridis
Heude, 1896
aLC IUCN    
Genus Aproteles Menzies, 1977 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Bulmer's fruit bat A. bulmerae
Menzies, 1977
eCR IUCN    

Subfamily Epomophorinae edit

Tribe Epomophorini edit

Tribe Epomophorini 5 genera, 16 species
Genus Epomophorus Bennett, 1835 – 9 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Angolan epauletted fruit bat E. angolensis
Gray, 1870
bNT IUCN    
Peters's epauletted fruit bat E. crypturus
Peters, 1852
aLC IUCN  ?    
Gambian epauletted fruit bat

Subspecies:[53]
E. gambianus
Ogilby, 1835
aLC IUCN  ?    
Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat E. grandis
Sanborn, 1950
hDD IUCN  ?  
Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat E. labiatus
Temminck, 1837
Synonyms:[54]
aLC IUCN      
East African epauletted fruit bat E. minimus
Claessen and Vree, 1991
aLC IUCN    
Minor epauletted fruit bat E. minor
Dobson, 1879
aLC IUCN   Central Africa and East Africa
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat E. wahlbergi
Sundevall, 1846
Synonyms:[55]
aLC IUCN      
Ansell's epauletted fruit bat E. anselli
Bergmans & van Strien, 2004
hDD IUCN  ?  
Genus Micropteropus Matschie, 1899 – 2 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Hayman's dwarf epauletted fruit bat M. intermedius
Hayman, 1963
hDD IUCN  ?  
Peters' dwarf epauletted fruit bat M. pusillus
Peters, 1867
aLC IUCN      
Genus Hypsignathus Allen, 1861 – 1 species
Synonyms:[56]
    • Sphyrocephalus
      Murray, 1862
    • Zygaenocephalus
      Murray, 1862
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Hammer-headed bat H. monstrosus
Allen, 1861
Synonyms:[56]
    • H. labrosus
      Murray, 1862
    • H. macrocephalus
      Peters, 1876
aLC IUCN  ?    
Genus Epomops Gray, 1870 – 3 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat E. buettikoferi
Matschie, 1899
aLC IUCN      
Dobson's epauletted fruit bat E. dobsonii
du Bocage, 1889
aLC IUCN      
Franquet's epauletted fruit bat E. franqueti
Tomes, 1860
Synonyms:[56]
aLC IUCN      
Genus Nanonycteris Matschie, 1899 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit bat N. veldkampii
Jentink, 1888
aLC IUCN  ?    

Tribe Myonycterini edit

Tribe Myonycterini 3 genera, 7 species
Genus Myonycteris Matschie, 1899 – 4 species
Synonyms:[32]
    • Phylletis
      Juste and Ibáñez, 1993
Subgenus Myonycteris Matschie, 1899
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
East African little collared fruit bat M. (M.) relicta
Bergmans, 1980
aLC IUCN    
Little collared fruit bat M. (M.) torquata
Dobson, 1878
Synonyms:[32]
aLC IUCN      
Sierra Leone collared fruit bat M. (M.) leptodon[r]
Andersen, 1908
aLC IUCN  ? Northern coast of the Gulf of Guinea
Subgenus Phygetis Andersen, 1912
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
São Tomé collared fruit bat M. (P.) brachycephala
du Bocage, 1889
Synonyms:[32]
    • M. (P.) brachycephalus
      Seabra, 1898
    • M. (P.) collaris
      Andersen, 1907
dEN IUCN    
Genus Lissonycteris Andersen, 1912 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Angolan rousette

Subspecies:[56]
L. angolensis
du Bocage, 1898
aLC IUCN      
Genus Megaloglossus Pagenstecher, 1885 – 2 species
Synonyms:[57]
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Woermann's bat M. woermanni
Pagenstecher, 1885
Synonyms:[57]
aLC IUCN    
Azagnyi fruit bat M. azagnyi
Nesi, Kadjo & Hassanin, 2012
aLC IUCN  ? Coasts of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Togo

Tribe Scotonycterini edit

Tribe Scotonycterini 2 genera, 4 species
Genus Scotonycteris Matschie, 1894 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Zenker's fruit bat

Subspecies:[34]
S. zenkeri
Matschie, 1894
aLC IUCN      
Genus Casinycteris Thomas, 1910 – 3 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Short-palated fruit bat C. argynnis
Thomas, 1910
aLC IUCN  ?  
Campo-Ma'an fruit bat C. campomaanensis
Hassanin, 2014
hDD IUCN  ?  
Pohle's fruit bat C. ophiodon[s]
Pohle, 1943
Synonyms:[34]
bNT IUCN      

Tribe Plerotini edit

Tribe Plerotini 1 genus, 1 species
Genus Plerotes Andersen, 1910 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
D'Anchieta's fruit bat P. anchietae
Seabra, 1900
hDD IUCN  ?  

Subfamily Cynopterinae edit

Subfamily Cynopterinae – 15 genera, 28 species
Genus Sphaerias Miller, 1906 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Blanford's fruit bat S. blanfordi
Thomas, 1891
Synonyms:[34]
aLC IUCN  ?    
Genus Alionycteris Kock, 1969 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Mindanao pygmy fruit bat A. paucidentata
Kock, 1969
aLC IUCN    
Genus Cynopterus Cuvier, 1824 – 7 species
Synonyms:[58]
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Lesser short-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[58]
    • C. b. brachyotis
      Müller, 1838
    • C. b. altitudinis
      Hill, 1961
    • C. b. brachysoma
      Gray, 1871
    • C. b. ceylonensis
      Gray, 1871
    • C. b. concolor
      Sody, 1940
    • C. b. hoffeti
      Bourret, 1944
    • C. b. insularum
      Andersen, 1908
    • C. b. javanicus
      Andersen, 1910
C. brachyotis
Müller, 1838
aLC IUCN  ?    
Horsfield's fruit bat

Subspecies:[58]
    • C. h. horsfieldii
      Gray, 1843
    • C. h. harpax
      Thomas and Wroughton, 1909
    • C. h. persimilis
      Andersen, 1912
    • C. h. princeps
      Miller, 1906
C. horsfieldii
Gray, 1843
aLC IUCN  ?  
Peters's fruit bat C. luzoniensis
Peters, 1861
Synonyms:[59]
    • C. archipelagus
      Taylor, 1934
    • C. cumingii
      Gray, 1871
    • C. philippensis
      Gray, 1871
aLC IUCN    
Minute fruit bat C. minutus
Miller, 1906
aLC IUCN      
Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[59]
    • C. n. nusatenggara
      Kitchener and Maharadatunkamsi, 1991
    • C. n. sinagai
      Kitchener, 1996
    • C. n. wetarensis
      Kitchener, 1996
C. nusatenggara
Kitchener and Maharadatunkamsi, 1991
aLC IUCN    
Greater short-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[59]
    • C. s. sphinx
      Vahl, 1797
    • C. s. angulatus
      Miller, 1898
    • C. s. babi
      Lyon, 1916
    • C. s. pagensis
      Miller, 1906
    • C. s. scherzeri
      Zelebor, 1869
    • C. s. serasani
      Paradiso, 1971
C. sphinx
Vahl, 1797
aLC IUCN    
Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[60]
    • C. t. titthaecheilus
      Temminck, 1825
    • C. t. major
      Miller, 1906
    • C. t. terminus
      Sody, 1940
C. titthaecheilus
Temminck, 1825
aLC IUCN      
Genus Haplonycteris Lawrence, 1939 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Fischer's pygmy fruit bat H. fischeri
Lawrence, 1939
aLC IUCN  ?    
Genus Latidens Thonglongya, 1972 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Salim Ali's fruit bat L. salimalii
Thonglongya, 1972
dEN IUCN  ?  
Genus Otopteropus Kock, 1969 – 1 species
Subspecies:[44]
    • Otopterus
      Sokolov, 1973
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Luzon fruit bat O. cartilagonodus
Kock, 1969
aLC IUCN    
Genus Penthetor Andersen, 1912 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Dusky fruit bat P. lucasi
Dobson, 1878
aLC IUCN      
Genus Aethalops Thomas, 1923 – 2 species
Synonyms:[15]
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Borneo fruit bat A. aequalis
Allen, 1938
aLC IUCN  ?  
Pygmy fruit bat

Subspecies:[61]
    • A. a. alecto
      Thomas, 1923
    • A. a. boeadii
      Kitchener, 1993
    • A. a. ocypete
      Boeadi and Hill, 1986
A. alecto
Thomas, 1923
aLC IUCN  ?  
Genus Thoopterus Matschie, 1899 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Swift fruit bat T. nigrescens
Gray, 1870
Synonyms:[62]
aLC IUCN  ?    
Genus Hypsignathus Allen, 1861 – 1 species
Synonyms:[56]
    • Sphyrocephalus
      Murray, 1862
    • Zygaenocephalus
      Murray, 1862
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Hammer-headed bat H. monstrosus
Allen, 1861
Synonyms:[56]
    • H. labrosus
      Murray, 1862
    • H. macrocephalus
      Peters, 1876
aLC IUCN  ?    
Genus Ptenochirus Peters, 1861 – 2 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Greater musky fruit bat P. jagori
Peters, 1861
aLC IUCN      
Lesser musky fruit bat P. minor
Yoshiyuki, 1979
aLC IUCN    
Genus Dyacopterus Andersen, 1912 – 3 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Dayak fruit bat D. spadiceus
Thomas, 1890
bNT IUCN    
Brooks's dyak fruit bat D. brooksi
Thomas, 1890
cVU IUCN    
Philippine large-headed fruit bat D. rickarti[t]
Helgen, Kock, Gomez and Ingle, 2007
iNE  
Genus Chironax Andersen, 1908 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Black-capped fruit bat

Subspecies:[58]
    • C. m. melanocephalus
      Temminck, 1825
    • C. m. tumulus
      Bergmans and Rozendaal, 1988
C. melanocephalus
Temminck, 1825
aLC IUCN  ?  
Genus Megaerops Peters, 1865 – 4 species
Subspecies:[57]
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Tailless fruit bat M. ecaudatus
Temminck, 1837
aLC IUCN  ?    
Javan tailless fruit bat M. kusnotoi
Hill & Boeadi, 1978
cVU IUCN    
Ratanaworabhan's fruit bat M. niphanae
Yenbutra & Felten, 1983
aLC IUCN  ?  
White-collared fruit bat

Subspecies:[57]
M. wetmorei
Taylor, 1934
cVU IUCN    
Genus Balionycteris Matschie, 1899 – 1 species
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture
Spotted-winged fruit bat

Subspecies:[61]
B. maculata
Matschie, 1899
aLC IUCN  ?    

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Possibly extinct in the wild, last sighted in 1992[16]
  2. ^ Considered synonymous with Pteropus alecto by the IUCN and ITIS, but considered valid by Mammal Species of the World[15]
  3. ^ P. argentatus is a junior synonym[17]
  4. ^ Not evaluated by the IUCN but considered valid by ITIS.[22] Also referred to as Pteropus pelagicus[23]
  5. ^ Possibly extinct in the wild, last sighted before 1930[16]
  6. ^ Considered valid by ITIS[29]
  7. ^ This species is probably extinct.
  8. ^ Considered valid by ITIS[30]
  9. ^ This species is probably extinct.
  10. ^ Sometimes considered synonymous with Pteralopex anceps
  11. ^ Possibly extinct in the wild, last sighted in 1991[16]
  12. ^ Formerly a separate species Melonycteris aurantius (the orange fruit bat) until 1966[36]
  13. ^ Placed in the genus Pteralopex by Mammal Species of the World[37]
  14. ^ Considered as Pteropus leucopterus by the IUCN, but as Desmalopex leucopterus by ITIS[38]
  15. ^ Considered valid by ITIS[39]
  16. ^ May be synonymous with Nyctimene albiventer
  17. ^ Listed as a subspecies of Dobsonia moluccensis by the IUCN, but considered valid by ITIS[52]
  18. ^ May be synonymous with Myonycteris (Myonycteris) torquata
  19. ^ Considered to be in the genus Scotonycteris by the IUCN
  20. ^ Not considered valid by the IUCN, but considered valid by ITIS[63]

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b Eick, G. N.; Jacobs, D. S.; Matthee, C. A. (2005). "A Nuclear DNA Phylogenetic Perspective on the Evolution of Echolocation and Historical Biogeography of Extant Bats (Chiroptera)". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22 (9): 1869–1886. doi:10.1093/molbev/msi180. PMID 15930153.
  2. ^ a b Tsagkogeorga, G.; Parker, J.; Stupka, E.; Cotton, J. A.; Rossiter, S. J. (2013). "Phylogenomic analyses elucidate the evolutionary relationships of bats". Current Biology. 23 (22): 2262–2267. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.014. PMID 24184098.
  3. ^ Simmons, Nancy B.; Seymour, Kevin L.; Habersetzer, Jörg; Gunnell, Gregg F. (2008). "Primitive Early Eocene bat from Wyoming and the evolution of flight and echolocation" (PDF). Nature. 451 (7180): 818–21. Bibcode:2008Natur.451..818S. doi:10.1038/nature06549. hdl:2027.42/62816. PMID 18270539. S2CID 4356708.
  4. ^ Simmons, N. B.; Seymour, K. L.; Habersetzer, J.; Gunnell, G. F. (2008). "Primitive Early Eocene bat from Wyoming and the evolution of flight and echolocation" (PDF). Nature. 451 (7180): 818–821. Bibcode:2008Natur.451..818S. doi:10.1038/nature06549. hdl:2027.42/62816. PMID 18270539. S2CID 4356708.
  5. ^ Pettigrew, J. D.; Maseko, B. C.; Manger, P.R. (2008). "Primate-like retinotectal decussation in an echolocating megabat, Rousettus aegyptiacus". Neuroscience. 153 (1): 226–31. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.02.019. PMID 18367343. S2CID 30649196.
  6. ^ a b MSW3, p. 313.
  7. ^ Almeida, F. C.; Giannini, N. P.; Simmons, N. B. (2016). "The Evolutionary History of the African Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)". Acta Chiropterologica. 18 (1): 73–90. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.003. hdl:11336/12847. S2CID 89415407.
  8. ^ B, J. J.; Alvarez, Y.; Tabarés, E.; Garrido-Pertierra, A.; Ibáñez, C.; Bautista, J. M. (1999). "Phylogeography of African fruitbats (Megachiroptera)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 3 (13): 596–604. doi:10.1006/mpev.1999.0669. PMID 10620416.
  9. ^ Almeida, Francisca C.; Giannini, Norberto P.; DeSalle, Rob; Simmons, Nancy B. (2011). "Evolutionary relationships of the old world fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae): Another star phylogeny?". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11 (281): 281. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-281. PMC 3199269. PMID 21961908.
  10. ^ a b MSW3, p. 334.
  11. ^ a b c d e MSW3, p. 344.
  12. ^ a b c MSW3, p. 340.
  13. ^ a b c d MSW3, p. 345.
  14. ^ MSW3, p. 336.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h MSW3, p. 335.
  16. ^ a b c "Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species" (PDF). IUCN Red List. 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Pteropus argentatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  18. ^ MSW3, p. 337.
  19. ^ MSW3, pp. 337–338.
  20. ^ a b MSW3, p. 338
  21. ^ a b c MSW3, p. 338.
  22. ^ "Pteropus insularis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  23. ^ Buden, D. W.; Helgen, K. M.; Wiles, G. J. (2013). "Taxonomy, distribution, and natural history of flying foxes (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) in the Mortlock Islands and Chuuk State, Caroline Islands". ZooKeys (345): 97–135. doi:10.3897/zookeys.345.5840. PMC 3817444. PMID 24194666.
  24. ^ MSW3, pp. 340–341.
  25. ^ a b c d MSW3, p. 341.
  26. ^ a b c MSW3, p. 342.
  27. ^ a b MSW3, p. 343.
  28. ^ a b MSW3, p. 346.
  29. ^ "Pteropus allenorum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  30. ^ "Pteropus coxi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  31. ^ a b c d e MSW3, p. 314.
  32. ^ a b c d MSW3, p. 328.
  33. ^ a b c MSW3, p. 325.
  34. ^ a b c d MSW3, p. 349.
  35. ^ a b c MSW3, p. 327.
  36. ^ "Melonycteris aurantius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  37. ^ MSW3, p. 333.
  38. ^ "Desmalopex leucopterus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  39. ^ "Desmalopex microleucopterus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  40. ^ a b c d MSW3, p. 329.
  41. ^ MSW3, p. 330.
  42. ^ MSW3, pp. 330–331.
  43. ^ a b MSW3, p. 331.
  44. ^ a b c MSW3, p. 332.
  45. ^ a b MSW3, p. 318.
  46. ^ MSW3, pp. 346–347.
  47. ^ a b c d MSW3, p. 347.
  48. ^ MSW3, p. 348.
  49. ^ a b MSW3, p. 321.
  50. ^ MSW3, p. 320.
  51. ^ a b c MSW3, p. 319.
  52. ^ "Dobsonia magna". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  53. ^ MSW3, p. 322.
  54. ^ MSW3, pp. 322–323.
  55. ^ MSW3, p. 323.
  56. ^ a b c d e f MSW3, p. 324.
  57. ^ a b c d MSW3, p. 326.
  58. ^ a b c d MSW3, p. 316.
  59. ^ a b c MSW3, p. 317.
  60. ^ MSW3, pp. 317–318.
  61. ^ a b MSW3, p. 315.
  62. ^ MSW3, p. 350.
  63. ^ "Dyacopterus rickarti". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

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