Melonycteris
Genus of bats
Melonycteris | |
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Black-bellied fruit bat (Melonycteris melanops) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Subfamily: | Macroglossinae |
Genus: | Melonycteris Dobson, 1877 |
Melonycteris is a genus of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. Members are found in the Solomon Islands or in the case of the Black-bellied Fruit Bat, in Papua New Guinea.
It contains the following species:
- Fardoulis's blossom bat, Melonycteris fardoulisi
- Black-bellied fruit bat, Melonycteris melanops
- Woodford's fruit bat, Melonycteris woodfordi
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