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Pteropodidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
London Med. Repos. vol.15 p.299

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Chiroptera
family
Pteropodidae

Name

Synonyms
Macroglossidae
Pteropidae
Homonyms
Pteropodidae
Common names
Flughunde in German
Flygehund in Nynorsk, Norwegian
Flygehundfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
Flying Foxes in English
Flying foxes in English
Frutflaggermus in Norwegian Bokmål
Hedelmälepakot in Finnish
Kalong dan Codot in Indonesian
Kanatayakgiller in Turkish
Kòriŋkófàd̯è in language.
Morcegos-frugívoros in Portuguese
OLD WORLD FRUIT BATS in English
Old World fruit bats in English
Old World fruit bats in English
Old World fruit bats in English
Old World fruit bats in English
Pteropodidés in French
Raposas voadoras in Portuguese
Raposas-voadoras in Portuguese
Roussettes et renards volants in French
Rudawkowate in Polish
Vaisėdžiai šikšnosparniai in Lithuanian
Vleerhonden in Dutch
Volpi volanti e rossetti in Italian
Vrugtevlermuise in Afrikaans
Zorras voladoras in Spanish
flying foxes in English
flying foxes in English
flying foxes in English
fruit bat in English
hekkolepakot in Finnish
kaloňovití in Czech
megabats in English
megabats in English
megabats in English
non-echolocating bats in English
non-echolocating bats in English
non-echolocating bats in English
repülőkutyafélék in Hungarian
Крылановые in Russian
עטלפי פירות in Hebrew
ค้างคาวผลไม้ in Thai
オオコウモリ科 in Japanese
狐蝠科 in Chinese
과일박쥐과 in Korean
큰박쥐과 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Almeida, Francisca Cunha, Nancy B. Simmons, and Norberto P. Giannini, 2020: A Species-level Phylogeny of Old World Fruit Bats with a New Higher-level Classification of the Family Pteropodidae. American Museum Novitates, no. 3950. 1-24.
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  5. McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
  6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  7. Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
  8. Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
  9. Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Chiroptera. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 312-529.
  10. Teeling, Emma C., Mark S. Springer, Ole Madsen, Paul Bates, Stephen O'Brien, and William J. Murphy, 2005: A molecular phylogeny for bats illuminates biogeography and the fossil record. Science, vol. 307, no. 5709. 580-584.
  11. Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2019: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats. 1008.
  12. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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