Notopteris
Genus of bats
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macroglossinae Almeida, Simmons & Giannni, 2020 |
| Genus: | Notopteris Gray, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Notopteris macdonaldi Gray, 1859 | |
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Notopteris (long-tailed blossom bat) is a genus of megabats in the family Pteropodidae, and the sole member of the subfamily Notopterisinae. It contains the following species:
- Long-tailed fruit bat, Notopteris macdonaldi (Fiji and Vanuatu)
- New Caledonia blossom bat, Notopteris neocaledonica (New Caledonia)
References
- ↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Almeida, F.; Giannini, N. P.; Simmons, N. B. (2020). "A Species-level Phylogeny of Old World Fruit Bats with a New Higher-level Classification of the Family Pteropodidae". American Museum Novitates (3950): 22. doi:10.5531/sd.sp.39. hdl:2246/7111.
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