''Acerodon'' (meaning: Sharp-tooth) is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
bats in the family
Pteropodidae containing five species, all native to forests in
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
, and all considered
threatened
Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future. Species that are threatened are sometimes characterised by the population dynamics measure of ''critical depensa ...
. They are closely related to ''
Pteropus''.
Species
Genus ''Acerodon''
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Sulawesi flying fox, ''A. celebensis''
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Talaud flying fox, ''A. humilis''
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Giant golden-crowned flying fox, ''A. jubatus''
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Palawan fruit bat, ''A. leucotis''
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Sunda flying fox, ''A. mackloti''
References
Bat genera
Taxa named by Claude Jourdan
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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