Pteropodidae

Pteropodidae

Translingual

Etymology

Pteropus +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Pteropodidae

1. 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, Cynopterinae, Eidolinae, Harpyionyterinae, Macroglossinae, Notopterisinae, Nyctimeninae, †Propottinae, Pteropodinae, Rousettinae - 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 genera

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 at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Pteropodidae in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
• Pteropodidae at Paleology Database