Melonycteris

Melonycteris
Black-bellied fruit bat (Melonycteris melanops)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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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:

  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.