Definition of Pteropus

1. Noun. A genus of Megachiroptera.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pteropus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Megachiroptera, Suborder Megachiroptera
Member holonyms: Flying Fox

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteropus

Pterocarpus marsupium
Pterocarpus santalinus
Pterocarya
Pterocarya fraxinifolia
Pterocles
Pterocles alchata
Pterocles indicus
Pteroclididae
Pterocnemia
Pterocnemia pennata
Pterodactylidae
Pterodactylus
Pterois
Pteropogon humboltianum
Pteropsida
Pteropus
Pteropus capestratus
Pteropus hypomelanus
Pterosauria
Pterostylis
Ptilocercus
Ptilocrinus
Ptilonorhynchidae
Ptilonorhynchus
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Ptloris
Ptloris paradisea
Ptolemaian

Literary usage of Pteropus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Families and Genera of Bats by Gerrit Smith Miller (1907)
"11 (subgenus of pteropus containing the species ... 19 (sub- genus of pteropus containing tbe species ..."

2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"Many of the pteropus bats ... pteropus edwardsii take ::•'•• abode on a banyan or other tree, taih ! ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1890)
"Description of a New Species of pteropus. By Harrison Allen. (Bead before the American ... pteropus LANIGERA, sp. nov. Crown covered with dark gray, ..."

4. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier, Guillaume Louis Figuier (1870)
"The pteropus (Fig. 230), commonly called Roussette by the French, ... The dominant characteristic of the pteropus is to be found in its dentition, ..."

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