Cynopterus sphinx
(Vahl, 1797)
Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Distribution :
Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, S China, SE Asia including Burma, Vietnam, and Cambodia, W Malaysia, Sumatra, adjacent small islands; perhaps Borneo
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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yinpterochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Pteropodoidea |
| Family | : Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily | : Cynopterinae |
| Tribe | : Cynopterini |
| Genus | : Cynopterus |
Species status
Authority citation
Vahl, M. 1797. Beskrivelse paa tre nye Arter Flagermuse. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 4(1):121-138.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Vespertilio Sphinx
Other common names
Short-nosed Indian Fruit Bat · Sphinx Fruit Bat
Type material
lost (number not known)
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
Tranquebar, Madras, India.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia · Indomalaya · Palearctic
Country distribution
Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Cambodia · China · India · Indonesia · Laos · Malaysia · Myanmar · Nepal · Pakistan · Sri Lanka · Taiwan · Thailand · Vietnam · Brunei?
Distribution references
Kofron, C.P. 2002. The bats of Brunei Darussalam, Borneo. Mammalia 66(2):259-274. doi:10.1515/mamm.2002.66.2.259 · Huang, J.C.-C., Ho, Y.-Y. and Kuo, H.-C. 2020. Illustrated field keys to the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Taiwan. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(6):15675-15710. doi:10.11609/jott.5485.12.6.15675-15710
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
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