Genus of bats
| Melonycteris | |
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| Black-bellied fruit bat (Melonycteris melanops) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macroglossinae |
| Genus: | Melonycteris Dobson, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Melonycteris melanops Dobson, 1877
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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
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- ^ 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.