Thoopterus

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Genus of bats

title: "Thoopterus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["megabats", "taxa-named-by-paul-matschie"] description: "Genus of bats" topic_path: "general/megabats" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoopterus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of bats ::

| taxon = Thoopterus | authority = Matschie, 1899 | type_species = Cynopterus marginatus var. nigrescens | type_species_authority = Gray, 1870 Thoopterus (Latin meaning: ״flying Jackal״) is a genus of megabat. It has two species:

Swift fruit bat (Thoopterus nigrescens)
Suhaniah fruit bat (Thoopterus suhaniahae)

Prior to 2012, it was considered to consist of only one species (T. nigrescens).

References

(2012). "A new species of fruit bat (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae: Thoopterus) from Sulawesi and adjacent islands, Indonesia". Records of the Western Australian Museum.

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