Pteropus Erxleben, 1777
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Chiroptera
- family
- Pteropodidae
- genus
- Pteropus
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.
discussion
COMMENT: Originally named Pteropus by Brisson, 1762, in Regnum Animale, which is not available (ACZ).
Name
- Homonyms
- Pteropus Thunberg, 1815
- Pteropus Brisson, 1762
- Pteropus R.W.Ham, 2005
- Pteropus Jennings, 1827
- Pteropus Erxleben, 1777
- Common names
- Flying foxes in 英语
- Flying foxes in language.