Cynopterinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of bats}}

{{Automatic taxobox

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The subfamily Cynopterinae ("flying dogs") comprises 24 species of pteropodid bats distributed exclusively in South and Southeast Asia.{{Cite journal|last1=Almeida|first1=Francisca C.|last2=Giannini|first2=Norberto P.|last3=DeSalle|first3=Rob|last4=Simmons|first4=Nancy B.|date=2009-12-01|title=The phylogenetic relationships of cynopterine fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Cynopterinae)|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105579030900311X|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|language=en|volume=53|issue=3|pages=772–783|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.035|pmid=19660560 |issn=1055-7903|hdl=11336/74530|hdl-access=free}}

The subfamily contains the following genera:

• Aethalops – pygmy fruit bats
• Alionycteris
• Balionycteris
• Chironax
• Cynopterus – dog-faced fruit bats, flying dogs or short-nosed fruit bats
• Dyacopterus – Dayak fruit bats
• Haplonycteris
• Latidens
• Megaerops
• Otopteropus
• Penthetor
• Ptenochirus – musky fruit bats
• Sphaerias
• Thoopterus