Notopteris

Notopteris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Subfamily:	Macroglossinae Almeida, Simmons & Giannni, 2020
Genus:	Notopteris Gray, 1859
Type species
Notopteris macdonaldi Gray, 1859
Species
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Notopteris (long-tailed blossom bat) is a genus of megabats in the family Pteropodidae, ^[1] and the sole member of the subfamily Notopterisinae. ^[2] It contains the following species:

• Long-tailed fruit bat, Notopteris macdonaldi (Fiji and Vanuatu)
• New Caledonia blossom bat, Notopteris neocaledonica (New Caledonia)

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.
2. Almeida, F.; Giannini, N. P.; Simmons, N. B. (2020). "A Species-level Phylogeny of Old World Fruit Bats with a New Higher-level Classification of the Family Pteropodidae" . American Museum Novitates (3950): 22. doi:10.5531/sd.sp.39. hdl:2246/7111.