Cynopterinae

• Balionycterini
• Cynopterini
• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx

  

  The short-nosed fruit bat occurs in Hong Kong woodlands and parks, feeds at night on fruit and nectar, and males make tent-like shelters beneath palm leaves.

• Peters's Fruit Bat Cynopterus luzoniensis

  

  Peters's fruit bat is a small fruit-eating bat. Its ears have pale edging along the front, and it is reported from the Philippines and Sulawesi.

• Bornean Spotted-winged Fruit Bat Balionycteris maculata

  

  This small fruit bat has yellow spots on its wings. It lives in forests in Thailand, Malaysia, and Borneo and is usually active at night.

• Black-capped Fruit Bat Chironax melanocephalus

  

  This small bat has a dark head and yellow-to-orange hair on the sides of the neck and shoulders. It is recorded in forests of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Fischer's Pygmy Fruit Bat Haplonycteris fischeri

  This small, tailless bat has a darker head and cinnamon-brown fur. It lives in Philippine forests and eats fruit, including figs.

• Ratanaworabhan's Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae

  A survey conducted in August 2024 recorded this small fruit bat in Xuan Nha Nature Reserve in northwestern Vietnam. All four captured individuals were female, and two were lactating.

• Salim Ali's Fruit Bat Latidens salimalii

  This uncommon fruit bat lives in Tamil Nadu, southern India. It roosts in cave clusters and leaves to fly in the evening.

• Minute Fruit Bat Cynopterus minutus

  The minute fruit bat is a fruit-eating bat that may show pale yellow fur around the neck. Two individuals were caught along a forest trail in a protected area of Borneo.

• Indonesian Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus titthaecheilus

  The Indonesian Short-nosed Fruit Bat is described as the largest member of its genus and occurs in forests, plantations, and settlements.

• Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis

  A fruit-eating bat distributed from South to Southeast Asia. Records from Peninsular Malaysia include forests, gardens, farmland, and mangroves.

• Greater Musky Fruit Bat Ptenochirus jagorii

  This fruit-eating bat is endemic to the Philippines. It feeds in forests and was frequently captured in a lowland forest survey on Mount Makiling, Luzon.