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Macroglossus
Cuvier, 1824
- long-tongued fruit bats
(mammal)
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Macroglossini (Tribe)
..Eonycteris (Genus) - dawn bats
..Megaloglossus (Genus) - African long-tongued fruit bat
..Syconycteris (Genus) - blossom bats
..Macroglossus (Genus) - long-tongued fruit bats
....Macroglossus minimus (Species) - common long-tongued fruit bat
....Macroglossus sobrinus (Species) - Hill long-tongued fruit bat
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
F. Cuvier, (1824)
Original name
:
Cuvier, F. (1824). Dentes des Mammifères: 248.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Incorrect (erroneous) authorship
:
Schinz, 1824: 71.
Types
Type of
:
Macroglossini
(Tribe)
Gray, 1866
Type, by original designation
:
Macroglossus minimus
(Geoffroy, 1810)
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Incorrect authorship
:
Macroglossus
(Genus)
F. Cuvier, 1824
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
langtongvleerhonden
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
long-tongued fruit bats
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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