Melonycteris

Melonycteris
Black-bellied fruit bat (Melonycteris melanops)
Scientific classification
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:

• Fardoulis's blossom bat, Melonycteris fardoulisi
• Black-bellied fruit bat, Melonycteris melanops
• Woodford's fruit bat, Melonycteris woodfordi

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.