Cynopterus

Cynopterus
	Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Subfamily:	Cynopterinae
Genus:	Cynopterus; F. Cuvier, 1824
Type species
	Pteropus marginatus ; Geoffroy, 1810
Species
	See text

Cynopterus (Latin meaning: ״flying dog״) is a genus of megabats. The cynopterine section is represented by 11 genera,^[2] five of which occur in Malaysia, namely, Chironax, Balionycteris, Penthetor, Dyacopterus, and Cynopterus. About 30 names for Cynopterus species have been proposed, but only 16 are taxonomically valid forms.^[3]

Species within this genus are:

Genus Cynopterus

Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (C. brachyotis)
Horsfield's fruit bat (C. horsfieldii)
Peters's fruit bat (C. luzoniensis)
Minute fruit bat (C. minutus)
Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat (C. nusatenggara)
Greater short-nosed fruit bat (C. sphinx)
Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat (C. titthaecheilus)

Betacoronavirus

During a survey of Cynopterus brachyotis, it was uncovered that a bat coronavirus (Betacoronavirus) is closely related to the bat coronavirus Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9 species found in Leschenault's rousette which was discovered in the Guangdong and Yunnan provinces.^[4]

References

^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Andersen K. 1912. Catalogue of the chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Second edition, British Museum of Natural History.
^ Kitchener DJ, Maharadatunkamsi. 1991. Description of a new species of Cynopterus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Research Western Australian Museum 15(2):307-363.
^ Lim, Xiao Fang; Lee, Chengfa Benjamin; Pascoe, Sarah Marie; How, Choon Beng; Chan, Sharon; Tan, Jun Hao; Yang, Xinglou; Zhou, Peng; Shi, Zhengli; Sessions, October M.; Wang, Lin-Fa (2019-10-01). "Detection and characterization of a novel bat-borne coronavirus in Singapore using multiple molecular approaches". Journal of General Virology. 100 (10): 1363–1374. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001307. ISSN 0022-1317. PMC 7079695. PMID 31418677.

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

[Anderson-2] Andersen K. 1912. Catalogue of the chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Second edition, British Museum of Natural History.

[KitchenerMaharadatunkamsi-3] Kitchener DJ, Maharadatunkamsi. 1991. Description of a new species of Cynopterus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Research Western Australian Museum 15(2):307-363.

[4] Lim, Xiao Fang; Lee, Chengfa Benjamin; Pascoe, Sarah Marie; How, Choon Beng; Chan, Sharon; Tan, Jun Hao; Yang, Xinglou; Zhou, Peng; Shi, Zhengli; Sessions, October M.; Wang, Lin-Fa (2019-10-01). "Detection and characterization of a novel bat-borne coronavirus in Singapore using multiple molecular approaches". Journal of General Virology. 100 (10): 1363–1374. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001307. ISSN 0022-1317. PMC 7079695. PMID 31418677.

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