Cynopterus

{{Short description|Genus of bats}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image =Cynopterus brachyotis.jpg

| image_caption = Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis)

| taxon = Cynopterus

| authority = F. Cuvier, 1824

| type_species = Pteropus marginatus {{MSW3|id=13800039}}

| type_species_authority = Geoffroy, 1810

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

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Cynopterus (Latin meaning: ״flying dog״) is a genus of megabats. The cynopterine section is represented by 11 genera,Andersen K. 1912. Catalogue of the chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Second edition, British Museum of Natural History. 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.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.

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)