Cynopterus

Cynopterus (Latin meaning: ״flying dog״) is a genus of megabats. The cynopterine section is represented by 11 genera,^[2] 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.^[3]

Cynopterus
Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Subfamily:	Cynopterinae
Genus:	Cynopterus F. Cuvier, 1824
Type species
Pteropus marginatus [1] Geoffroy, 1810
Species
See text

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)

Betacoronavirus

During a survey of Cynopterus brachyotis, it was uncovered that a bat coronavirus (Betacoronavirus) is closely related to the bat coronavirus Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9 species found in Leschenault's rousette which was discovered in the Guangdong and Yunnan provinces.^[4]