| Cynopterinae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Cynopterinae |
The subfamily Cynopterinae ("flying dogs") comprises 24 species of pteropodid bats distributed exclusively in South and Southeast Asia. [1]
The subfamily contains the following genera:
- Aethalops – pygmy fruit bats
- Alionycteris
- Balionycteris
- Chironax
- Cynopterus – dog-faced fruit bats, flying dogs or short-nosed fruit bats
- Dyacopterus – Dayak fruit bats
- Haplonycteris
- Latidens
- Megaerops
- Otopteropus
- Penthetor
- Ptenochirus – musky fruit bats
- Sphaerias
- Thoopterus
