The megabat subfamily Macroglossusinae is within the family Pteropodidae.[1]
| Macroglossinae | |
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| Long-tongued fruit bat (Macroglossus sobrinus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macroglossinae Gray, 1866 |
| Genera | |
Subfamily Macroglossusinae
- Genus Macroglossus - long-tongued fruit bats
- Long-tongued nectar bat, Macroglossus minimus
- Long-tongued fruit bat, Macroglossus sobrinus
- Genus Melonycteris
- Fardoulis's blossom bat, Melonycteris fardoulisi
- Black-bellied fruit bat, Melonycteris melanops
- Woodford's fruit bat, Melonycteris woodfordi
- Genus Syconycteris - blossom bats
- Common blossom bat, Syconycteris australis
- Halmahera blossom bat, Syconycteris carolinae
- Moss-forest blossom bat, Syconycteris hobbit
References
edit- ^ Baron, Georg; Stephan, Heinz; Frahm, Heiko D. (1996). Comparative Neurobiology in Chiroptera. Springer. p. 1263. ISBN 978-0-8176-5372-9.
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