Pteropus Brisson 1762 (flying fox)
Mammalia - Megachiroptera - Pteropodidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 103145
Full reference: M. J. Brisson. 1762. Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2
Parent taxon: Pteropodidae according to D. A. Burney et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Eidolon, Notopteris, Nyctimene, Rousettus, Turkanycteris
Subtaxa: Pteropus hypomelanus, Pteropus niger, Pteropus poliocephalus, Pteropus vampyrus
Type: Vespertilio niger
Ecology: scansorial insectivore