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Cynopterus sphinx
(Vahl, 1797)
- short-nosed fruit bat
(mammal)
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Cynopterus (Genus) - short-nosed fruit bats
..Cynopterus brachyotis (Species) - lesser dog-faced fruit bat
..Cynopterus horsfieldii (Species) - Horsfield's fruit bat
..Cynopterus luzoniensis (Species)
..Cynopterus minutus (Species)
..Cynopterus nusatenggara (Species)
..Cynopterus titthaecheilus (Species)
..Cynopterus sphinx (Species) - short-nosed fruit bat
....Cynopterus sphinx angulatus (Subspecies)
....Cynopterus sphinx babi (Subspecies)
....Cynopterus sphinx pagensis (Subspecies)
....Cynopterus sphinx scherzeri (Subspecies)
....Cynopterus sphinx serasani (Subspecies)
....Cynopterus sphinx sphinx (Subspecies)
Authorship
Original name
:
Vahl, 1797:123.
Subsequent generic combination
:
Types
Type, by synonymy, of
:
Cynopterus
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1824
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Cynopterus sphinx sphinx
(Vahl, 1797)
Ref:
N.B. Simmons, 2005
: 317.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
kortneusvleerhond
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
short-nosed fruit bat
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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