Melonycteris

Melonycteris
	Black-bellied fruit bat (Melonycteris melanops)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Subfamily:	Macroglossinae
Genus:	Melonycteris; Dobson, 1877
Type species
	Melonycteris melanops; Dobson, 1877
Species
	See text

Melonycteris (dark blossom bat) is a genus of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.^[1] 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

References

↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[1] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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