Casinycteris

Also known as Short-palated Fruit Bat genus

Casinycteris (Short-palated bat) is a genus of bats described in 1910. It currently consists of three species: Short-palated fruit bat (Casinycteris argynnis) Campo-Ma’an fruit bat (Casinycteris campomaanensis) Pohle's fruit bat (Casinycteris ophiodon)

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderChiroptera
FamilyPteropodidae

Observations recorded162

Casinycteris is een geslacht uit de familie van de vleerhonden (Pteropodidae). Het geslacht is monotypisch, de enige soort is: Casinycteris argynnis. Bronnen, noten en/of referenties ↑ Oldfield Thomas. "A new Genus of Fruit-Bats and Two new Shrews from Africa." The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8th ser. v. 6 (1910), blz. 111

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Pteropodidae
Image: Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MAM.19715.b ven - Scotonycteris ophiodon - skin.jpeg

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Commons category: Casinycteris
taxon name: Casinycteris
taxon rank: genus
diel cycle: crepuscular

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Previously, the genus Casinycteris was thought to be monotypic, with only the short-palated fruit bat as a member. In 2014 however, a new species (C. campomaanensis) was described and added to the genus. In the same paper, they recommended that the Pohle's fruit bat move from Scotonycteris to Casinycteris.

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