ADW: Pteropodidae: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Chiroptera (bats)
        
        Family Pteropodidae (Old World fruit bats)
        
        Genus Acerodon (fruit bats)
        
        Genus Aethalops (pygmy fruit bat)
        
        Genus Alionycteris (Mindanao pygmy fruit bat)
        
        Genus Aproteles (Bulmer's fruit bat)
        
        Genus Balionycteris (spotted-winged fruit bat)
        
        Genus Casinycteris (short-palated fruit bat)
        
        Genus Chironax (black-capped fruit bat)
        
        Genus Cynopterus (short-nosed fruit bats)
        
        Genus Dobsonia (naked-backed fruit bats)
        
        Genus Dyacopterus (Dyak fruit bat)
        
        Genus Eidolon (fruit bats)
        
        Genus Eonycteris (dawn bats)
        
        Genus Epomophorus (epauletted fruit bats)
        
        Genus Epomops (epauletted bats)
        
        Genus Haplonycteris (Philippine pygmy fruit bat)
        
        Genus Harpyionycteris (harpy fruit bats)
        
        Genus Hypsignathus (hammer-headed fruit bat)
        
        Genus Latidens (Salim Ali's fruit bat)
        
        Genus Lissonycteris (soft-furred fruit bats)
        
        Genus Macroglossus (long-tongued fruit bats)
        
        Genus Megaerops (tailless fruit bats)
        
        Genus Megaloglossus (Woermann's bat)
        
        Genus Melonycteris (fruit bats)
        
        Genus Micropteropus (dwarf epauletted fruit bats)
        
        Genus Myonycteris (collared fruit bats)
        
        Genus Nanonycteris (Veldkamp's bat)
        
        Genus Neopteryx (small-toothed fruit bat)
        
        Genus Notopteris (long-tailed fruit bats)
        
        Genus Nyctimene (tube-nosed fruit bats)
        
        Genus Otopteropus (Luzon fruit bat)
        
        Genus Paranyctimene (unstriped tube-nosed bat)
        
        Genus Penthetor (Lucas's short-nosed fruit bat)
        
        Genus Plerotes (D'anchieta's fruit bat)
        
        Genus Ptenochirus (musky fruit bats)
        
        Genus Pteralopex (monkey-faced bats)
        
        Subfamily Pteropodinae (Old World fruit bats)
        
        Genus Pteropus (flying foxes)
        
        Genus Rousettus (Manado fruit bat)
        
        Genus Scotonycteris (Pohle's fruit bat and Zenker's fruit bat)
        
        Genus Sphaerias (Blanford's fruit bat)
        
        Genus Styloctenium (stripe-faced fruit bat)
        
        Genus Syconycteris (blossom bats)
        
        Genus Thoopterus (swift fruit bat)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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PteropodidaeOld World fruit bats(Also: flying foxes)

Pteropodidae
Old World fruit bats
(Also: flying foxes)