List of fruit bats

Chiroptera
Cladogram showing the position of Pteropodidae (fruit bats) within Yinpterochiroptera[1][2]

Fruit bats, also known as flying foxes or megabats, are the 197 species of bats that make up the suborder Megachiroptera, found throughout the tropics of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, of which 186 are extant. The suborder is part of the order Chiroptera (bats), and contains a single family, Pteropodidae. The family is divided into between two and six subfamilies, with recent phylogenetic analysis suggesting a different classification structure of the known species than before. Bats have been traditionally thought to be a monophyletic group; according to this model, all living fruit bats and microbats (Microchiroptera) are descendants of a common ancestor species that was already capable of flight.[3]

However, there are alternate hypotheses which conclude that bats are polyphyletic. The flying primate hypothesis was created in the 1980s stating that, based on morphological evidence, the Megachiroptera evolved flight separately from the Microchiroptera, although genetic evidence supports the monophyly of bats. This model states that fruit bats and primates share several anatomical features not seen in microbats, and are thus more closely related; for example, their brains show a number of advanced characteristics that link them to primates.[4][5]

The Yinpterochiroptera is a proposed suborder of the Chiroptera based on molecular evidence consisting of the fruit bats and five other microbat families: Rhinopomatidae, Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae, Craseonycteridae, and Megadermatidae. This model also challenges the view that the Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera are monophyletic. The other suborder consisting of the other bat species would be the Yangochiroptera.[1][2]

Conventions

IUCN Red List categories
Conservation status
 EX Extinct (4 species)
 EW Extinct in the wild (0 species)
 CR Critically Endangered (8 species)
 EN Endangered (15 species)
 VU Vulnerable (40 species)
 NT Near threatened (13 species)
 LC Least concern (88 species)
Other categories
 DD Data deficient (22 species)
 NE Not evaluated (2 species)

Conservation statuses listed for each species follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Species considered valid are also based on the Red List of Threatened Species unless noted otherwise in a super-scripted note. The symbol indicates that the species's population trend is positive, the symbol indicates that the species's population trend is negative, the symbol indicates that the species's population is stable, and the ? symbol indicates that the species's population trend is unknown. Population trends are based on the Red List of Threatened Species. The super-scripted "IUCN" tag is a link to that species's Red List of Threatened Species page. If a species has taxonomic synonyms, a list of these is provided in the "Scientific name" column, underneath the binomial name and author, based on the book Mammal Species of the World. If a species has subspecies, a list of these is provided in the "Common name" column, underneath the common name, also based upon Mammal Species of the World.

Classification

There are between two and six recognized subfamilies of fruit bats according to various authors: Cynopterinae, Epomophorinae, Harpionycterinae, Nyctimeninae, Macroglossinae, Rousettinae, and Pteropodinae. However, the relationships among fruit bats are not resolved. According to phylogenetic analysis, the Macroglossinae and Pteropodinae are not monophyletic, and possibly also the Cynopterinae and the Epomophorinae.[6] A new clade consisting solely of African fruit bats is supported by phylogenetic analysis, which will consist of 12 genera currently placed in several different subfamilies.[7] Conversely, there may have been at least three separate colonization events of Africa by fruit bats.[8] There is also controversy regarding the Southeast Asian fruit bats.[6] Listed here are 45 genera and 197 species. Of these, the IUCN classifies 88 species as least concern, 13 as near threatened, 40 as vulnerable, 15 as endangered, eight as critically endangered, four as recently extinct, and 22 as data deficient. Seven species listed here are not evaluated. The population trends of 78 species are decreasing, 40 are stable, three are increasing, and 65 are unknown.

Subfamily Pteropodinae

Tribe Pteropodini

Tribe Pteropodini – 5 genera, 73 species
Genus Pteropus Brisson, 1762 – 65 species
Synonyms:[10]
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Little red flying foxP. scapulatus
Peters, 1862
Synonyms:[11]
aLC IUCN ?
Native in blue, vagrant in brown
Mariana fruit bat

Subspecies:[12]
    • P. m. mariannus
      Desmarest, 1822
    • P. m. paganensis
      Yamashima, 1932
    • P. m. ulthiensis
      Yamashima, 1932
P. mariannus
Desmarest, 1822
dEN IUCN
Large flying fox

Subspecies:[13]
P. vampyrus
Linnaeus, 1758
bNT IUCN
Ryukyu flying fox

Subspecies:[14]
    • P. d. dasymallus
      Temminck, 1825
    • P. d. daitonensis
      Kuroda, 1921
    • P. d. formosus
      Sclater, 1873
    • P. d. inopinatus
      Kuroda, 1933
    • P. d. yayeyamae
      Kuroda, 1933
P. dasymallus
Temminck, 1825
cVU IUCN
Admiralty flying fox

Subspecies:[10]
P. admiralitatum
Thomas, 1894
aLC IUCN ?
Aldabra flying foxP. aldabrensis
True, 1893
cVU IUCN
Black flying fox

Subspecies:[15]
P. alecto
Temminck, 1837
aLC IUCN ?
Vanuatu flying fox

Subspecies:[15]
    • P. a. anetianus
      Gray, 1870
    • P. a. aorensis
      Lawrence, 1945
    • P. a. bakeri
      Thomas, 1904
    • P. a. banksiana
      Sanborn, 1930
    • P. a. eotinus
      Andersen, 1913
    • P. a. motalavae
      Felten and Kock, 1972
    • P. a. pastoris
      Felten and Kock, 1972
P. anetianus
Gray, 1870
cVU IUCN
Aru flying foxP. aruensis
Peters, 1867
Synonyms:[15]
eCR IUCN[a]
Torresian flying foxPteropus banakrisi[b]
Richards and Hall, 2002
iNE
Dusky flying foxP. brunneus
Dobson, 1878
gEX IUCNFormerly Percy Island in Queensland, Australia, until the 19th or 20th century
Ashy-headed flying fox

Subspecies:[15]
P. caniceps
Gray, 1870
cVU IUCN
Bismarck masked flying fox

Subspecies:[15]
P. capistratus
Peters, 1866
bNT IUCN
Native range in green, vagrant range in brown
Moluccan flying foxP. chrysoproctus[c]
Temminck, 1837
cVU IUCN
Makira flying foxP. cognatus
Andersen, 1908
cVU IUCN
Spectacled flying fox

Subspecies:[15]
    • P. c. conspicillatus
      Gould, 1849
    • P. c. chrysauchen
      Peters, 1862
P. conspicillatus
Gould, 1849
aLC IUCN
Nicobar flying fox P. faunulus
Miller, 1902
cVU IUCN
Banks flying foxP. fundatus
Felten and Kock, 1972
dEN IUCN
Indian flying fox

Subspecies:[18]
    • P. g. giganteus
      Brünnich, 1782
    • P. g. ariel
      Allen, 1908
    • P. g. chinghaiensis
      Wang and Wang, 1962
    • P. g. leucocephalus
      Hodgson, 1835
P. giganteus
Brünnich, 1782
aLC IUCN
Gilliard's flying foxP. gilliardorum
van Deusen, 1969
hDD IUCN ?
Gray flying fox

Subspecies:[19]
P. griseus
Geoffroy, 1810
hDD IUCN ?
Ontong Java flying foxP. howensis
Troughton, 1931
hDD IUCN ?
Small flying fox

Subspecies:[20]
P. hypomelanus
Temminck, 1825
Synonyms:[20]
    • P. vociferous
      Peale, 1848
aLC IUCN
Ruck flying fox

Subspecies:[21]
Pteropus insularis[d]
Hombron and Jacquinot, 1842
iNE
Andersen's flying foxP. intermedius
Andersen, 1908
hDD IUCN ?
Kei flying foxP. keyensis
Peters, 1867
hDD IUCN ?
Lombok flying fox

Subspecies:[21]
    • P. l. lombocensis
      Dobson, 1889
    • P. l. heudei
      Matschie, 1899
    • P. l. salottii
      Kitchener, 1995
P. lombocensis
Dobson, 1878
hDD IUCN ?
Okinawa flying foxP. loochoensis
Gray, 1870
hDD IUCN ?
Lyle's flying foxP. lylei
Andersen, 1908
cVU IUCN
Big-eared flying fox

Subspecies:[12]
P. macrotis
Peters, 1867
aLC IUCN
Lesser flying foxP. mahaganus
Sanborn, 1931
aLC IUCN
Black-bearded flying foxP. melanopogon
Peters, 1867
dEN IUCN
Black-eared flying fox

Subspecies:[24]
P. melanotus
Blyth, 1863
cVU IUCN
Range in red, extinct in black
Caroline flying foxP. molossinus
Temminck, 1853
cVU IUCN
Great flying fox

Subspecies:[12]
    • P. n. neohibernicus
      Peters, 1867
    • P. n. hilli
      Felten, 1961
P. neohibernicus
Peters, 1867
aLC IUCN ?
Mauritian flying foxP. niger
Kerr, 1792
Synonyms:[25]
    • P. fuscus
      Geoffroy, 1803
    • P. mauritianus
      Hermann, 1804
    • P. rufus
      Tiedemann, 1808
    • P. pteropus
      Merriam and Brisson, 1895
    • P. vulgaris
      Geoffroy, 1810
cVU IUCN
Temotu flying foxP. nitendiensis
Sanborn, 1930
Synonyms:[25]
dEN IUCN
Ceram fruit batP. ocularis
Peters, 1867
Synonyms:[25]
    • P. ceramensis
      Gray, 1871
cVU IUCN
Ornate flying fox

Subspecies:[25]
P. ornatus
Gray, 1870
cVU IUCN
Pelew flying foxP. pelewensis
Andersen, 1909
bNT IUCN
Masked flying foxP. personatus
Temminck, 1825
aLC IUCN
Large Palau flying foxP. pilosus
Andersen, 1909
gEX IUCNFormerly Palau since 1874
Geelvink Bay flying foxP. pohlei
Stein, 1933
cVU IUCN
Grey-headed flying foxP. poliocephalus
Temminck, 1825
cVU IUCN
Bonin flying foxP. pselaphon
Lay, 1829
Synonyms:[26]
dEN IUCN
Little golden-mantled flying foxP. pumilus
Miller, 1911
Synonyms:[26]
bNT IUCN
Solomons flying fox

Subspecies:[26]
    • P. r. rayneri
      Gray, 1870
    • P. r. grandis
      Thomas, 1887
    • P. r. lavellanus
      Andersen, 1908
    • P. r. monoensis
      Lawrence, 1945
    • P. r. rubianus
      Andersen, 1908
P. rayneri
Gray, 1870
bNT IUCN
Rennell flying foxP. rennelli
Troughton, 1929
dEN IUCN
Rodrigues flying foxP. rodricensis
Dobson, 1878
Synonyms:[27]
    • P. mascarinus
      Mason, 1907
dEN IUCN
Madagascan flying foxP. rufus
Geoffroy, 1803
Synonyms:[27]
cVU IUCN
Samoa flying fox

Subspecies:[11]
    • P. s. samoensis
      Peale, 1848
    • P. s. nawaiensis
      Gray, 1870
P. samoensis
Peale, 1848
bNT IUCN
Seychelles fruit bat

Subspecies:[11]
    • P. s. seychellensis
      Milne-Edwards, 1877
    • P. s. comorensis
      Nicoll, 1908
P. seychellensis
Milne-Edwards, 1877
aLC IUCN
Philippine gray flying foxP. speciosus
Andersen, 1908
Synonyms:[11]
hDD IUCN ?
Small Mauritian flying foxP. subniger
Kerr, 1792
Synonyms:[11]
gEX IUCNFormerly Mauritius until 1859
Temminck's flying fox

Subspecies:[13]
P. temminckii
Peters, 1867
cVU IUCN
Guam flying fox P. tokudae
Tate, 1934
gEX IUCNFormerly Guam until 1968
Insular flying fox

Subspecies:[13]
P. tonganus
Quoy and Gaimard, 1830
aLC IUCN
Vanikoro flying foxP. tuberculatus
Peters, 1869
eCR IUCN[e] ?
Kosrae flying foxP. ualanus
Peters, 1883
Synonyms:[13]
cVU IUCN
New Caledonia flying foxP. vetulus
Jouan, 1863
Synonyms:[28]
cVU IUCN
Pemba flying foxP. voeltzkowi
Matschie, 1909
cVU IUCN
Dwarf flying foxP. woodfordi
Thomas, 1888
Synonyms:[28]
    • P. austini
      Lawrence, 1945
aLC IUCN
Yap flying foxP. yapensis
Andersen, 1908
cVU IUCN ?
Livingstone's fruit batP. livingstonii
Gray, 1866
eCR IUCN
Small Samoan flying foxP. allenorum[f]
Helgen, Helgen, and Wilson, 2009
iNE[g]
Large Samoan flying foxP. coxi[h]
Helgen, Helgen, and Wilson, 2009
iNE[i]
Genus Acerodon Jourdan, 1837 – 5 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Sulawesi flying foxA. celebensis
Peters, 1867
Synonyms:[31]
cVU IUCN
Talaud flying foxA. humilis
Andersen, 1909
dEN IUCN
Giant golden-crowned flying fox

Subspecies:[31]
A. jubatus
von Eschscholtz, 1831
dEN IUCN
current range in green, possibly extinct in orange, and extinct in black
Palawan fruit bat

Subspecies:[31]
    • A. l. leucotis
      Sanborn, 1950
    • A. l. obscurus
      Sanborn, 1950
A. leucotis
Sanborn, 1950
cVU IUCN
Sunda flying fox

Subspecies:[31]
A. mackloti
Temminck, 1837
cVU IUCN
Genus Pteralopex Thomas, 1888 – 5 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Bougainville monkey-faced batP. anceps
Andersen, 1909
dEN IUCN
Guadalcanal monkey-faced batP. atrata
Thomas, 1888
dEN IUCN
Greater monkey-faced batP. flanneryi[j]
Helgen, 2005
eCR IUCN
Montane monkey-faced batP. pulchra
Flannery, 1991
eCR IUCN[k]
New Georgian monkey-faced batP. taki
Parnaby, 2002
cVU IUCN
Range in red, extinct in black
Genus Styloctenium Matschie, 1899 – 2 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit batS. wallacei
Gray, 1866
bNT IUCN
Mindoro stripe-faced fruit batS. mindorensis
Esselstyn, 2007
hDD IUCN ?
Genus Neopteryx Hayman, 1946 – 1 species
Synonyms:[32]
    • Neoptryx
      Van der Zon, 1979
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Small-toothed fruit batN. frosti
Hayman, 1946
dEN IUCN

Tribe Macroglossini

Tribe Macroglossini – 2 genera, 5 species
Genus Macroglossus Cuviwer, 1824 – 2 species
Synonyms:[33]
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Long-tongued nectar bat

Subspecies:[33]
    • M. m. minimus
      Geoffroy, 1810
    • M. m. booensis
      Kompanje and Moeliker, 2001
    • M. m. lagochilus
      Matschie, 1899
    • M. m. nanus
      Matschie, 1899
M. minimus
Geoffroy, 1810
aLC IUCN
Long-tongued fruit bat

Subspecies:[33]
M. sobrinus
Andersen, 1911
aLC IUCN
Genus Syconycteris Matschie, 1899 – 3 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Common blossom bat

Subspecies:[34]
S. australis
Peters, 1867
aLC IUCN
Halmahera blossom batS. carolinae
Rozendaal, 1984
cVU IUCN
Moss-forest blossom batS. hobbit
Ziegler, 1982
aLC IUCN

Tribe Notopterini

Tribe Notopterini – 4 genera, 8 species
Genus Notopteris Gray, 1859 – 2 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Long-tailed fruit batN. macdonaldi
Gray, 1859
cVU IUCN
New Caledonia blossom batN. neocaledonica
Trouessart, 1908
cVU IUCN ?
Genus Melonycteris – 2 subgenera, 3 species Dobson, 1877
Subgenus Melonycteris Dobson, 1877
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Black-bellied fruit batM. (M.) melanops
Dobson, 1877
Synonyms:[35]
    • M. (M.) alboscapulatus
      Ramsay, 1877
aLC IUCN
Subgenus Nesonycteris Thomas, 1887
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Fardoulis' blossom bat

Subspecies:[35]
M. (N.) fardoulisi
Flannery, 1993
aLC IUCN
Woodford's fruit bat

Subspecies:[35]
    • M. (N.) w. woodfordi
      Thomas, 1887
    • M. (N.) w. aurantius[l]
      Phillips, 1966
M. (N.) woodfordi
Thomas, 1887
aLC IUCN ?
Genus Mirimiri Helgen, 2005 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Fijian monkey-faced batM. acrodonta[m]
Hill and Beckon, 1978
eCR IUCN
Genus Desmalopex Miller, 1907 – 2 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
White-winged flying foxD. leucopterus[n]
Temminck, 1825
Synonyms:[21]
    • D. chinensis
      Gray, 1871
aLC IUCN
Small white-winged flying foxD. microleucopterus[o]
Esselstyn, Harvey, Garcia, Mylanar, Saulog, and Lawrence, 2008
iNE

Subfamily Nyctimeninae

Subfamily Nyctimeninae – 2 genera, 17 species
Genus Nyctimene Rafinesque, 1815 – 15 species
Synonyms:[40]
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit batN. aello
Thomas, 1900
Synonyms:[40]
aLC IUCN
Common tube-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[40]
N. albiventer
Gray, 1862
aLC IUCN
Pallas's tube-nosed bat

Subspecies:[40]
    • N. c. cephalotes
      Pallas, 1767
    • N. c. aplini
      Kitchener, 1995
N. cephalotes
Pallas, 1767
aLC IUCN ?
range in green, possibly extinct in orange
Mountain tube-nosed fruit batN. certans
Andersen, 1912
aLC IUCN
Round-eared tube-nosed fruit batN. cyclotis
Andersen, 1910
hDD IUCN ?
Dragon tube-nosed fruit batN. draconilla
Thomas, 1922
hDD IUCN ?
Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[41]
    • N. k. keasti
      Kitchener, 1993
    • N. k. babari
      Bergmans, 2001
    • N. k. tozeri
      Kitchener, 1995
N. keasti
Kitchener, 1993
cVU IUCN
Island tube-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[42]
N. major
Dobson, 1877
hDD IUCN ?
Malaita tube-nosed fruit batN. malaitensis
Phillips, 1968
hDD IUCN ?
Lesser tube-nosed bat

Subspecies:[43]
N. minutus
Andersen, 1910
cVU IUCN
Philippine tube-nosed fruit batN. rabori
Heaney and Peterson, 1984
dEN IUCN
Eastern tube-nosed batN. robinsoni
Thomas, 1904
Synonyms:[43]
aLC IUCN ?
Nendo tube-nosed fruit batN. sanctacrucis
Troughton, 1931
hDD IUCN ?
Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[44]
N. vizcaccia
Thomas, 1914
aLC IUCN ?
Demonic tube-nosed fruit batN. masalai[p]
Smith and Hood, 1983
hDD IUCN ?
Genus Paranyctimene Tate, 1942 – 2 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Unstriped tube-nosed batP. raptor
Tate, 1942
aLC IUCN ?
Steadfast tube-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[44]
    • P. t. tenax
      Bergmans, 2001
    • P. t. marculus
      Bergmans, 2001
P. tenax
Bergmans, 2001
aLC IUCN ?

Subfamily Harpiyonycterinae

Subfamily Harpiyonycterinae – 1 genus, 2 species
Genus Harpyionycteris Palmer, 1898 – 2 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Sulawesi harpy fruit batH. celebensis
Miller and Hollister, 1921
cVU IUCN
Harpy fruit bat

Subspecies:[45]
    • H. w. whiteheadi
      Thomas, 1896
    • H. w. negrosensis
      Peterson and Fenton, 1970
H. whiteheadi
Thomas, 1896
aLC IUCN

Subfamily Rousettinae

Tribe Rousettini

Tribe Rousettini – 3 genera, 15 species
Genus Rousettus Gray, 1821 – 3 subgenera, 10 species
Synonyms:[46]
    • Cercopterus
      Burnett, 1829
    • Cynonycteris
      Peters, 1852
    • Eleutherura
      Gray, 1844
    • Senonycteris
      Gray, 1870
    • Xantharpyia
      Gray, 1834
Subgenus Boneia Jentink, 1879
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Manado fruit batR. (B.) bidens
Jentink, 1879
Synonyms:[47]
    • R. (B.) menadensis
      Thomas, 1896
cVU IUCN
Subgenus Rousettus Gray, 1821
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Egyptian fruit bat

Subspecies:[47]
    • R. (R.) a. aegyptiacus
      Geoffroy, 1810
    • R. (R.) a. arabicus
      Andersen and de Winton, 1902
    • R. (R.) a. leachii
      Miller, 1916
    • R. (R.) a. princes
      Juste and Iba±ez, 1993
    • R. (R.) a. tomensis
      Juste and Iba±ez, 1993
    • R. (R.) a. unicolor
      Gray, 1870
R. (R.) aegyptiacus
Geoffroy, 1810
aLC IUCN
Geoffroy's rousette

Subspecies:[47]
    • R. (R.) a. amplexicaudatus
      Geoffroy, 1810
    • R. (R.) a. brachyotis
      Dobson, 1878
    • R. (R.) a. hedigeri
      Pohle, 1952
    • R. (R.) a. infumatus
      Gray, 1871
    • R. (R.) a. minor
      Dobson, 1873
R. (R.) amplexicaudatus
Geoffroy, 1810
aLC IUCN ?
Sulawesi rousetteR. (R.) celebensis
Andersen, 1907
aLC IUCN
Leschenault's rousette

Subspecies:[47]
R. (R.) leschenaultii
Desmarest, 1820
aLC IUCN
Linduan rousetteR. (R.) linduensis
Maryanto and Yani, 2003
hDD IUCN ?
Comoro rousetteR. (R.) obliviosus
Kock, 1978
cVU IUCN ?
Bare-backed rousetteR. (R.) spinalatus
Bergmans and Hill, 1980
cVU IUCN
Subgenus Stenonycteris Gray, 1871
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Long-haired rousetteR. (S.) lanosus
Thomas, 1906
Synonyms:[48]
aLC IUCN
Madagascan rousetteR. (S.) madagascariensis
Grandidier, 1928
bNT IUCN
Genus Eonycteris Dobson, 1878 – 3 species
Synonyms:[49]
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Greater nectar batE. major
Andersen, 1910
hDD IUCN ?
Philippine dawn batE. robusta
Miller, 1913
bNT IUCN
Dawn bat

Subspecies:[49]
    • E. s. spelaea
      Dobson, 1871
    • E. s. glandifera
      Lawrence, 1939
    • E. s. rosenbergii
      Jentink, 1889
    • E. s. winnyae
      Maharadatunkamsi and Kitchener, 1997
E. spelaea
Dobson, 1871
aLC IUCN ?
Genus Eidolon Rafinesque, 1837 – 2 species
Synonyms:[50]
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Madagascan fruit batE. dupreanum
Schlegel and Pollen
cVU IUCN
Straw-colored fruit bat

Subspecies:[31]
    • E. h. helvum
      Kerr, 1792
    • E. h. annobonensis
      Juste, Ibß±ez, and Machordom, 2000
    • E. h. sabaeum
      Andersen, 1907
E. helvum
Kerr, 1792
bVU IUCN

Tribe Dobsoniini

Tribe Dobsoniini – 2 genera, 15 species
Genus Dobsonia Palmer, 1898 – 14 species
Synonyms:[45]
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Andersen's naked-backed fruit batD. anderseni
Thomas, 1914
aLC IUCN
Beaufort's naked-backed fruit batD. beauforti
Bergmans, 1975
aLC IUCN ?
Philippine naked-backed fruit batD. chapmani
Rabor, 1975
eCR IUCN
Halmahera naked-backed fruit batD. crenulata
Andersen, 1908
aLC IUCN ?
Biak naked-backed fruit batD. emersa
Bergmans and Sarbini, 1985
cVU IUCN ?
Sulawesi naked-backed fruit batD. exoleta
Andersen, 1908
aLC IUCN ?
Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat

Subspecies:[51]
    • D. i. inermis
      Andersen, 1909
    • D. i. minimus
      Phillips, 1968
D. inermis
Andersen, 1909
aLC IUCN
Lesser naked-backed fruit batD. minor
Dobson, 1878
aLC IUCN ?
Moluccan naked-backed fruit batD. moluccensis
Quoy and Gaimard, 1830
aLC IUCN
New Guinea naked-backed fruit batD. magna[q]
Thomas, 1905
iNE
Panniet naked-backed fruit bat

Subspecies:[51]
D. pannietensis
De Vis, 1905
bNT IUCN ?
Western naked-backed fruit bat

Subspecies:[51]
    • D. p. peronii
      Geoffroy, 1810
    • D. p. grandis
      Bergmans, 1978
D. peronii
Geoffroy, 1810
aLC IUCN
New Britain naked-backed fruit batD. praedatrix
Andersen, 1908
aLC IUCN ?
Greenish naked-backed fruit batD. viridis
Heude, 1896
aLC IUCN
Genus Aproteles Menzies, 1977 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Bulmer's fruit batA. bulmerae
Menzies, 1977
eCR IUCN

Subfamily Epomophorinae

Tribe Epomophorini

Tribe Epomophorini 5 genera, 16 species
Genus Epomophorus Bennett, 1835 – 9 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Angolan epauletted fruit batE. angolensis
Gray, 1870
bNT IUCN
Peters's epauletted fruit batE. crypturus
Peters, 1852
aLC IUCN ?
Gambian epauletted fruit bat

Subspecies:[53]
E. gambianus
Ogilby, 1835
aLC IUCN ?
Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit batE. grandis
Sanborn, 1950
hDD IUCN ?
Ethiopian epauletted fruit batE. labiatus
Temminck, 1837
Synonyms:[54]
aLC IUCN
East African epauletted fruit batE. minimus
Claessen and Vree, 1991
aLC IUCN
Minor epauletted fruit batE. minor
Dobson, 1879
aLC IUCN Central Africa and East Africa
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit batE. wahlbergi
Sundevall, 1846
Synonyms:[55]
aLC IUCN
Ansell's epauletted fruit batE. anselli
Bergmans & van Strien, 2004
hDD IUCN ?
Genus Micropteropus Matschie, 1899 – 2 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Hayman's dwarf epauletted fruit batM. intermedius
Hayman, 1963
hDD IUCN ?
Peters' dwarf epauletted fruit batM. pusillus
Peters, 1867
aLC IUCN
Genus Hypsignathus Allen, 1861 – 1 species
Synonyms:[56]
    • Sphyrocephalus
      Murray, 1862
    • Zygaenocephalus
      Murray, 1862
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Hammer-headed batH. monstrosus
Allen, 1861
Synonyms:[56]
    • H. labrosus
      Murray, 1862
    • H. macrocephalus
      Peters, 1876
aLC IUCN ?
Genus Epomops Gray, 1870 – 3 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Buettikofer's epauletted fruit batE. buettikoferi
Matschie, 1899
aLC IUCN
Dobson's epauletted fruit batE. dobsonii
du Bocage, 1889
aLC IUCN
Franquet's epauletted fruit batE. franqueti
Tomes, 1860
Synonyms:[56]
aLC IUCN
Genus Nanonycteris Matschie, 1899 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit batN. veldkampii
Jentink, 1888
aLC IUCN ?

Tribe Myonycterini

Tribe Myonycterini 3 genera, 7 species
Genus Myonycteris Matschie, 1899 – 4 species
Synonyms:[32]
    • Phylletis
      Juste and Ibáñez, 1993
Subgenus Myonycteris Matschie, 1899
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
East African little collared fruit batM. (M.) relicta
Bergmans, 1980
aLC IUCN
Little collared fruit batM. (M.) torquata
Dobson, 1878
Synonyms:[32]
aLC IUCN
Sierra Leone collared fruit batM. (M.) leptodon[r]
Andersen, 1908
aLC IUCN ?Northern coast of the Gulf of Guinea
Subgenus Phygetis Andersen, 1912
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
São Tomé collared fruit batM. (P.) brachycephala
du Bocage, 1889
Synonyms:[32]
    • M. (P.) brachycephalus
      Seabra, 1898
    • M. (P.) collaris
      Andersen, 1907
dEN IUCN
Genus Lissonycteris Andersen, 1912 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Angolan rousette

Subspecies:[56]
L. angolensis
du Bocage, 1898
aLC IUCN
Genus Megaloglossus Pagenstecher, 1885 – 2 species
Synonyms:[57]
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Woermann's batM. woermanni
Pagenstecher, 1885
Synonyms:[57]
aLC IUCN
Azagnyi fruit batM. azagnyi
Nesi, Kadjo & Hassanin, 2012
aLC IUCN ?Coasts of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Togo

Tribe Scotonycterini

Tribe Scotonycterini 2 genera, 4 species
Genus Scotonycteris Matschie, 1894 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Zenker's fruit bat

Subspecies:[34]
S. zenkeri
Matschie, 1894
aLC IUCN
Genus Casinycteris Thomas, 1910 – 3 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Short-palated fruit batC. argynnis
Thomas, 1910
aLC IUCN ?
Campo-Ma'an fruit batC. campomaanensis
Hassanin, 2014
hDD IUCN ?
Pohle's fruit batC. ophiodon[s]
Pohle, 1943
Synonyms:[34]
bNT IUCN

Tribe Plerotini

Tribe Plerotini 1 genus, 1 species
Genus Plerotes Andersen, 1910 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
D'Anchieta's fruit batP. anchietae
Seabra, 1900
hDD IUCN ?

Subfamily Cynopterinae

Subfamily Cynopterinae – 15 genera, 28 species
Genus Sphaerias Miller, 1906 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Blanford's fruit batS. blanfordi
Thomas, 1891
Synonyms:[34]
aLC IUCN ?
Genus Alionycteris Kock, 1969 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Mindanao pygmy fruit batA. paucidentata
Kock, 1969
aLC IUCN
Genus Cynopterus Cuvier, 1824 – 7 species
Synonyms:[58]
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Lesser short-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[58]
    • C. b. brachyotis
      Müller, 1838
    • C. b. altitudinis
      Hill, 1961
    • C. b. brachysoma
      Gray, 1871
    • C. b. ceylonensis
      Gray, 1871
    • C. b. concolor
      Sody, 1940
    • C. b. hoffeti
      Bourret, 1944
    • C. b. insularum
      Andersen, 1908
    • C. b. javanicus
      Andersen, 1910
C. brachyotis
Müller, 1838
aLC IUCN ?
Horsfield's fruit bat

Subspecies:[58]
    • C. h. horsfieldii
      Gray, 1843
    • C. h. harpax
      Thomas and Wroughton, 1909
    • C. h. persimilis
      Andersen, 1912
    • C. h. princeps
      Miller, 1906
C. horsfieldii
Gray, 1843
aLC IUCN ?
Peters's fruit batC. luzoniensis
Peters, 1861
Synonyms:[59]
    • C. archipelagus
      Taylor, 1934
    • C. cumingii
      Gray, 1871
    • C. philippensis
      Gray, 1871
aLC IUCN
Minute fruit batC. minutus
Miller, 1906
aLC IUCN
Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[59]
    • C. n. nusatenggara
      Kitchener and Maharadatunkamsi, 1991
    • C. n. sinagai
      Kitchener, 1996
    • C. n. wetarensis
      Kitchener, 1996
C. nusatenggara
Kitchener and Maharadatunkamsi, 1991
aLC IUCN
Greater short-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[59]
    • C. s. sphinx
      Vahl, 1797
    • C. s. angulatus
      Miller, 1898
    • C. s. babi
      Lyon, 1916
    • C. s. pagensis
      Miller, 1906
    • C. s. scherzeri
      Zelebor, 1869
    • C. s. serasani
      Paradiso, 1971
C. sphinx
Vahl, 1797
aLC IUCN
Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat

Subspecies:[60]
    • C. t. titthaecheilus
      Temminck, 1825
    • C. t. major
      Miller, 1906
    • C. t. terminus
      Sody, 1940
C. titthaecheilus
Temminck, 1825
aLC IUCN
Genus Haplonycteris Lawrence, 1939 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Fischer's pygmy fruit batH. fischeri
Lawrence, 1939
aLC IUCN ?
Genus Latidens Thonglongya, 1972 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Salim Ali's fruit batL. salimalii
Thonglongya, 1972
dEN IUCN ?
Genus Otopteropus Kock, 1969 – 1 species
Subspecies:[44]
    • Otopterus
      Sokolov, 1973
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Luzon fruit batO. cartilagonodus
Kock, 1969
aLC IUCN
Genus Penthetor Andersen, 1912 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Dusky fruit batP. lucasi
Dobson, 1878
aLC IUCN
Genus Aethalops Thomas, 1923 – 2 species
Synonyms:[15]
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Borneo fruit batA. aequalis
Allen, 1938
aLC IUCN ?
Pygmy fruit bat

Subspecies:[61]
    • A. a. alecto
      Thomas, 1923
    • A. a. boeadii
      Kitchener, 1993
    • A. a. ocypete
      Boeadi and Hill, 1986
A. alecto
Thomas, 1923
aLC IUCN ?
Genus Thoopterus Matschie, 1899 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Swift fruit batT. nigrescens
Gray, 1870
Synonyms:[62]
aLC IUCN ?
Genus Hypsignathus Allen, 1861 – 1 species
Synonyms:[56]
    • Sphyrocephalus
      Murray, 1862
    • Zygaenocephalus
      Murray, 1862
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Hammer-headed batH. monstrosus
Allen, 1861
Synonyms:[56]
    • H. labrosus
      Murray, 1862
    • H. macrocephalus
      Peters, 1876
aLC IUCN ?
Genus Ptenochirus Peters, 1861 – 2 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Greater musky fruit batP. jagori
Peters, 1861
aLC IUCN
Lesser musky fruit batP. minor
Yoshiyuki, 1979
aLC IUCN
Genus Dyacopterus Andersen, 1912 – 3 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Dayak fruit batD. spadiceus
Thomas, 1890
bNT IUCN
Brooks's dyak fruit batD. brooksi
Thomas, 1890
cVU IUCN
Philippine large-headed fruit batD. rickarti[t]
Helgen, Kock, Gomez and Ingle, 2007
iNE
Genus Chironax Andersen, 1908 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Black-capped fruit bat

Subspecies:[58]
    • C. m. melanocephalus
      Temminck, 1825
    • C. m. tumulus
      Bergmans and Rozendaal, 1988
C. melanocephalus
Temminck, 1825
aLC IUCN ?
Genus Megaerops Peters, 1865 – 4 species
Subspecies:[57]
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Tailless fruit batM. ecaudatus
Temminck, 1837
aLC IUCN ?
Javan tailless fruit batM. kusnotoi
Hill & Boeadi, 1978
cVU IUCN
Ratanaworabhan's fruit batM. niphanae
Yenbutra & Felten, 1983
aLC IUCN ?
White-collared fruit bat

Subspecies:[57]
M. wetmorei
Taylor, 1934
cVU IUCN
Genus Balionycteris Matschie, 1899 – 1 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Spotted-winged fruit bat

Subspecies:[61]
B. maculata
Matschie, 1899
aLC IUCN ?

See also

Notes

Footnotes

References

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