The subfamily Cynopterinae ("flying dogs") comprises 24 species of pteropodid bats distributed exclusively in South and Southeast Asia.
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
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