Cynopterus
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Cynopterus (Latin meaning: ״flying dog״) is a genus of megabats. The cynopterine section is represented by 11 genera,[1] five of which occur in Malaysia, namely, Chironax, Balionycteris, Penthetor, Dyacopterus, and Cynopterus. About 30 names for Cynopterus species have been proposed, but only 16 are taxonomically valid forms.[2]
Species within this genus are:
Genus Cynopterus
- Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (C. brachyotis)
- Horsfield's fruit bat (C. horsfieldii)
- Peters's fruit bat (C. luzoniensis)
- Minute fruit bat (C. minutus)
- Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat (C. nusatenggara)
- Greater short-nosed fruit bat (C. sphinx)
- Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat (C. titthaecheilus)
During a survey of Cynopterus brachyotis, it was uncovered that a bat coronavirus (Betacoronavirus) is closely related to the bat coronavirus Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9 species found in Leschenault's rousette which was discovered in the Guangdong and Yunnan provinces.[3]
References
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- ↑ Andersen K. 1912. Catalogue of the chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Second edition, British Museum of Natural History.
- ↑ Kitchener DJ, Maharadatunkamsi. 1991. Description of a new species of Cynopterus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Research Western Australian Museum 15(2):307-363.
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