Biology:Macroglossini (Chiroptera)

Short description: Subfamily of bats

Macroglossinae
Long-tongued fruit bat (Macroglossus sobrinus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Subfamily:	Macroglossinae Gray, 1866
Genera
Macroglossus Melonycteris Notopteris Syconycteris

The megabat tribe Macroglossini is within the subfamily Pteropodinae

Tribe Macroglossini

• Genus Macroglossus - long-tongued fruit bats
  • Long-tongued nectar bat, Macroglossus minimus
  • Long-tongued fruit bat, Macroglossus sobrinus
• Genus Melonycteris
  • Fardoulis's blossom bat, Melonycteris fardoulisi
  • Black-bellied fruit bat, Melonycteris melanops
  • Woodford's fruit bat, Melonycteris woodfordi
• Genus Notopteris - long-tailed fruit bats
  • Long-tailed fruit bat, Notopteris macdonaldi (Fiji and Vanuatu)
  • New Caledonia blossom bat, Notopteris neocaledonica (New Caledonia)
• Genus Syconycteris - blossom bats
  • Common blossom bat, Syconycteris australis
  • Halmahera blossom bat, Syconycteris carolinae
  • Moss-forest blossom bat, Syconycteris hobbit

Wikidata ☰ Q2710894 entry