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Balionycterini
The subfamily Cynopterinae ("flying dogs") comprises 24 species of pteropodid bats distributed exclusively in South and Southeast Asia.
The subfamily contains the following genera:
11 branches of this tribe, most-observed first · about 17 known species

Balionycteris
genusBalionycteris

Penthetor
genusPenthetor

Thoopterus
genusThoopterus

Pygmy Fruit Bats
genusAethalops

Chironax
genusChironax

Sphaerias
genusSphaerias

Haplonycteris
genusHaplonycteris

Dayak Fruit Bats
genusDyacopterus

Latidens
genusLatidens

Otopteropus
genusOtopteropus
Alionycteris
genusAlionycteris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1317282.