Desmalopex

Desmalopex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Subfamily:	Pteropodinae
Genus:	Desmalopex; Miller, 1907
Species
	Desmalopex leucoptera; Desmalopex microleucoptera

Desmalopex (known as the white-winged flying fox or mottled-winged flying fox) is a genus of megabats in the family Pteropodidae. It has historically been included in the genus Pteropus and occurs only in the Philippines.¹²

It comprises the following species:

White-winged flying fox, Desmalopex leucoptera
Small white-winged flying fox, Desmalopex microleucoptera

References

Esselstyn, J. A.; Garcia, H. J. D.; Saulog, M. G.; Heaney, L. R. (2008). "A New Species of Desmalopex (Pteropodidae) from the Philippines, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Pteropodini". Journal of Mammalogy. 89 (4). Oxford University Press (OUP): 815–825. doi:10.1644/07-mamm-a-285.1. ISSN 0022-2372.
Giannini, N. P.; Almeida, F. C.; Simmons, N. B.; Helgen, K. M. (2008). "The systematic position of Pteropus leucopterus and its bearing on the monophyly and relationships of Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)". Acta Chiropterologica. 10 (1). Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences: 11–20. doi:10.3161/150811008x331054. hdl:11336/82001. ISSN 1508-1109.

[1] Esselstyn, J. A.; Garcia, H. J. D.; Saulog, M. G.; Heaney, L. R. (2008). "A New Species of Desmalopex (Pteropodidae) from the Philippines, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Pteropodini". Journal of Mammalogy. 89 (4). Oxford University Press (OUP): 815–825. doi:10.1644/07-mamm-a-285.1. ISSN 0022-2372.

[2] Giannini, N. P.; Almeida, F. C.; Simmons, N. B.; Helgen, K. M. (2008). "The systematic position of Pteropus leucopterus and its bearing on the monophyly and relationships of Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)". Acta Chiropterologica. 10 (1). Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences: 11–20. doi:10.3161/150811008x331054. hdl:11336/82001. ISSN 1508-1109.

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