Megabat
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Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera. They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genera Acerodon and Pteropus—flying foxes. They are the on
047 Indian flying fox in Keoladeo National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
Worldwide distribution of Pteropodidae
The large Oligocene bat Archaeopteropus evolved a very similar morphology to pteropodids, but its taxonomic affinities remain controversial
Contrasting yellow mantle of the Mariana fruit bat (Pteropus mariannus)
Yinpterochiroptera
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The Yinpterochiroptera is a suborder of the Chiroptera, which includes taxa formerly known as megabats and five of the microbat families: Rhinopomatidae, Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae, Craseonycterida
Megabat
…genera Acerodon and Pteropus—flying foxes. They are the only member of the superfamily Pteropodoidea, which is one of two superfamilies in the suborder Yinpterochiroptera. Internal divisions of Pteropodidae have varied since subfamilies were first proposed in 1917. From three subfamilies in the 1917 classification, six…
Golden crowned fruit bat