Pteropus Erxleben, 1777
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Chiroptera
- family
- Pteropodidae
- genus
- Pteropus
discussion
COMMENT: Originally named Pteropus by Brisson, 1762, in Regnum Animale, which is not available (ACZ).
discussion
COMMENTS: Originally named Pteropus by Brisson, 1762, in Regnum Animale, which is not available (Hopwood, 1947). Formerly included arquatus and leucotis which were transferred to Acerodon by Musser et al. (1982 a).
type_taxon
TYPE SPECIES: Vespertilio vampirus niger Kerr, 1792.
Name
- Homonyms
- Pteropus Thunberg, 1815
- Pteropus Brisson, 1762
- Pteropus R.W.Ham, 2005
- Pteropus Jennings, 1827
- Pteropus Erxleben, 1777
- Common names
- Flying foxes in English
- Flying foxes in language.