Thoopterus (Latin meaning: ״flying Jackal״) is a genus of megabat. It has two species:
- Swift fruit bat (Thoopterus nigrescens)
- Suhaniah fruit bat (Thoopterus suhaniahae)[1]
| Thoopterus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Thoopterus Matschie, 1899 |
| Type species | |
| Cynopterus marginatus var. nigrescens Gray, 1870
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Prior to 2012, it was considered to consist of only one species (T. nigrescens).
References
edit- ^ Maryanto, Ibnu; Yani, Mohamad; Prijono, Siti Nuramaliati; Wiantoro, Sigit (2012). "A new species of fruit bat (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae: Thoopterus) from Sulawesi and adjacent islands, Indonesia". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 27: 68. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.27(1).2012.068-084.