PTEROPODIDAE, Gray, 1821
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6448815 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6780025 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AD87FA-FFC4-F62A-883F-35AAF85BFB5F |
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Conny |
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PTEROPODIDAE |
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Family PTEROPODIDAE View in CoL
(OLD WORLD FRUIT BATS)
• Small to verylarge fruit and nectar feeding bats ofthe Old Worldtropics.
• 6-40 cm. View Figure
• Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, and Australasian Regions. View Figure
• From montane and lowland tropical rainforests to open woodlands and desert.
• 46 genera, 191 species, at least 330 extant taxa. View Subdivision of the Pteropodidae •
• 8 species Critically Endangered, 16 species Endangered, 37 species Vulnerable; 6 species Extinct since 1600.
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