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Megachiroptera (fruit bat)
Taxonomy
Megachiroptera was named by Dobson (1875). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Frugivora by Gregory (1910).
It was assigned to Chiropteri by Jaekel (1911); and to Chiroptera by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), McKenna (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carroll (1988).
It was synonymized subjectively with Frugivora by Gregory (1910).
It was assigned to Chiropteri by Jaekel (1911); and to Chiroptera by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), McKenna (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carroll (1988).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1875 | Megachiroptera Dobson |
| 1883 | Megachiroptera Flower p. 185 |
| 1891 | Megachiroptera Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1911 | Megachiroptera Jaekel p. 212 |
| 1975 | Megachiroptera McKenna p. 42 |
| 1980 | Megachiroptera Kurten and Anderson p. 116 |
| 1988 | Megachiroptera Carroll |
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Subor. Megachiroptera Dobson 1875 [fruit bat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available