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=== List of genera === {{Main|List of pteropodids}} [[File:Spotted-winged fruit bat Balionycteris maculata.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=A small brown bat with black wings is hanging upside down on a tree branch. Its wings have small, pinkish spots.| The [[spotted-winged fruit bat]] (''Balionycteris maculata'')]] [[File:Bat Week 2017 - Congressional Reception (37237943654) (cropped).jpg|thumb|alt=A bat with large eyes and a dog-like face in profile. Its fur is a tawny yellow, while the side of its neck is bright yellow.|The [[straw-coloured fruit bat]] (''Eidolon helvum'')]] [[File:Macrog sobrin 120912-0073 tdp.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=A small, yellowish brown bat clings upside down to a branch with one foot. Its wings are slightly spread and it has a narrow snout.| The [[long-tongued fruit bat]] (''Macroglossus sobrinus'')]] [[File:Epomophorus wahlbergi in Ruaha National Park 6.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=A bat with its wings wrapped around its body. Its eyes are tawny brown and prominent, and the sun shines through its ear membranes.|[[Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat]] (''Epomophorus wahlbergi'')]] The family Pteropodidae is divided into six [[subfamilies]] represented by 46 [[genus|genera]]:<ref name="Almeida 2016"/><ref name="Almeida 2011"/> Family '''Pteropodidae''' * subfamily [[Cynopterinae]]<ref name="Almeida 2011"/> ** genus ''[[Aethalops]]'' β pygmy fruit bats ** genus ''[[Alionycteris]]'' ** genus ''[[Balionycteris]]'' ** genus ''[[Chironax]]'' ** genus ''[[Cynopterus]]'' β dog-faced fruit bats or short-nosed fruit bats ** genus ''[[Dyacopterus]]'' β Dayak fruit bats ** genus ''[[Haplonycteris]]'' ** genus ''[[Latidens]]'' ** genus ''[[Megaerops]]'' ** genus ''[[Otopteropus]]'' ** genus ''[[Penthetor]]'' ** genus ''[[Ptenochirus]]'' β musky fruit bats ** genus ''[[Sphaerias]]'' ** genus ''[[Thoopterus]]'' * subfamily [[Eidolinae]]<ref name="Almeida 2016"/> ** genus ''[[Eidolon (genus)|Eidolon]]'' β straw-colored fruit bats * subfamily Harpyionycterinae<ref name="Almeida 2016"/> ** genus ''[[Aproteles]]'' ** genus ''[[Boneia]]'' ** genus ''[[Dobsonia]]'' β naked-backed fruit bats ** genus ''[[Harpyionycteris]]'' * subfamily Nyctimeninae<ref name="Almeida 2011"/> ** genus ''[[Nyctimene (genus)|Nyctimene]]'' β tube-nosed fruit bats ** genus ''[[Paranyctimene]]'' * subfamily [[Pteropodinae]] *** genus ''[[Melonycteris]]''<ref name="Almeida 2011"/> ** tribe [[Pteropodini]]<ref name="Almeida 2011"/> *** genus ''[[Acerodon]]'' *** genus ''[[Pteralopex]]'' *** genus ''[[Pteropus]]'' β flying foxes *** genus ''[[Styloctenium]]'' * subfamily [[Rousettinae]] ** tribe [[Eonycterini]]<ref name="Almeida 2016"/> *** genus ''[[Eonycteris]]'' β dawn fruit bats ** tribe [[Epomophorini]]<ref name="Almeida 2016"/><ref name="Almeida 2011"/> *** genus ''[[Epomophorus]]'' β epauletted fruit bats *** genus ''[[Epomops]]'' β epauletted bats *** genus ''[[Hypsignathus]]'' *** genus ''[[Micropteropus]]'' β dwarf epauletted bats *** genus ''[[Nanonycteris]]'' ** tribe ''[[incertae sedis]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Nesi|first1=Nicolas|last2=Tsagkogeorga|first2=Georgia|last3=Tsang|first3=Susan M|last4=Nicolas|first4=Violaine|last5=Lalis|first5=Aude|last6=Scanlon|first6=Annette T|last7=Riesle-Sbarbaro|first7=Silke A|last8=Wiantoro|first8=Sigit|last9=Hitch|first9=Alan T|last10=Juste|first10=Javier|last11=Pinzari|first11=Corinna A|date=2021-03-04|title=Interrogating Phylogenetic Discordance Resolves Deep Splits in the Rapid Radiation of Old World Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syab013|journal=Systematic Biology|volume=70|issue=6|pages=1077β1089|doi=10.1093/sysbio/syab013 | pmc=8513763|pmid=33693838|issn=1063-5157}}</ref>'' ***genus ''[[Pilonycteris]]'' **tribe [[Myonycterini]]<ref name="Almeida 2016" /> *** genus ''[[Megaloglossus]]'' *** genus ''[[Myonycteris]]'' β little collared fruit bats ** tribe [[Plerotini]]<ref name="Almeida 2016"/> *** genus ''[[Plerotes]]'' ** tribe [[Rousettini]]<ref name="Almeida 2016"/> *** genus ''[[Rousettus]]'' β rousette fruit bats **tribe [[Scotonycterini]]<ref name="Almeida 2016" /> *** genus ''[[Casinycteris]]'' *** genus ''[[Scotonycteris]]'' ** tribe [[Stenonycterini]]<ref name="Almeida 2016"/> *** genus ''[[Stenonycteris]]'' * ''[[Incertae sedis]]'' ** genus ''[[Notopteris]]'' β long-tailed fruit bats<ref name="Almeida 2011"/> ** genus ''[[Mirimiri]]''<ref name="Almeida 2011"/> ** genus ''[[Neopteryx]]''<ref name="Almeida 2011"/> ** genus ''[[Desmalopex]]''<ref name="Almeida 2011"/> ** genus ''{{extinct}}[[Turkanycteris]]''<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.01.001| pmid = 29628118| issn = 0047-2484| pages = 4| last1 = Gunnell| first1 = Gregg F.| last2 = Manthi| first2 = Fredrick K.| title = Pliocene bats (Chiroptera) from Kanapoi, Turkana Basin, Kenya| journal = Journal of Human Evolution| date = April 2018| volume = 140| s2cid = 206143059| doi-access = free}}</ref> ** tribe [[Macroglossini (Chiroptera)|Macroglossini]]<ref name="Almeida 2011"/> *** genus ''[[Macroglossus]]'' β long-tongued fruit bats *** genus ''[[Syconycteris]]'' β blossom bats
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