Pteropodidae

Translingual

Etymology

Pteropus +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Pteropodidae

A taxonomic family within the order Chiroptera – the Old World fruit bats and flying foxes.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Boreoeutheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Chiroptera - order

Hyponyms

(family): †Archaeopteropodinae, Macroglossinae, †Propottinae, Pteropodinae - subfamilies
- Macroglossini, Notopterini, Cynopterini, Epomophorini, Harpyionycterini, Pteropodini - extant tribes
  - Macroglossus (long-nosed fruit bat), Notopterus, Cynopterus, Epomophorus (epauletted fruit bat), Harpyionycteris (harpy fruit bat), Pteropus (flying fox) - selected species

References

Pteropodidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pteropodidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pteropodidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Pteropodidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Pteropodidae at Encyclopedia of Life
Pteropodidae on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Pteropodidae in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Pteropodidae at Fossilworks

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