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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Cynopterinae
Tribus: Cynopterini
Genus: Megaerops
Species (4): M. albicollis – M. ecaudatus – M. kusnotoi – M. niphanae
Name

Megaerops Peters, 1865

Type species: Pachysoma ecaudatum Temminck, 1837, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Megaera Temminck, 1841

References
Primary references

Peters 1865. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1865: 256.

Vernacular names
English: Tailless Fruit Bats

Megaerops is a genus of megabat.[1]

It includes the following species:

Tailless fruit bat (Megaerops ecaudatus)
Javan tailless fruit bat (Megaerops kusnotoi)
Ratanaworabhan's fruit bat (Megaerops niphanae)
White-collared fruit bat (Megaerops wetmorei)

References

"Megaerops". ITIS.

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