Definition of Genus cynopterus

1. Noun. A genus of Megachiroptera.

Exact synonyms: Cynopterus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Megachiroptera, Suborder Megachiroptera
Member holonyms: Cynopterus Sphinx

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cynopterus

genus Cyclophorus
genus Cyclops
genus Cyclopterus
genus Cyclosorus
genus Cycnoches
genus Cydonia
genus Cygnus
genus Cymbidium
genus Cynancum
genus Cynara
genus Cynips
genus Cynocephalus
genus Cynodon
genus Cynoglossum
genus Cynomys
genus Cynopterus
genus Cynoscion
genus Cyon
genus Cyperus
genus Cyphomandra
genus Cypraea
genus Cyprinus
genus Cypripedium
genus Cyrilla
genus Cyrtomium
genus Cystophora
genus Cystopteris
genus Cytisus
genus Daboecia
genus Dacelo

Literary usage of Genus cynopterus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"genus cynopterus. This genus has four molars less than the last, a shorter muzzle; the cheek-bones or zygomatic arch ..."

2. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Indian Museum, John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater (1881)
"—Dobson. 96a. The skin of an adult male, No. 56A of Blyth's Catalogue. South Africa. Presented by ELLayard, Esq., 1859. genus cynopterus. ..."

3. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"20, 1881.. t1. Born in the Menagerie, May 2(>, 1882. /'. Born in the Menagerie, Oct. 19, 1882. i/'. Born in the Menagerie, Nov. 8, 1882. Genus CYNOPTERUS. ..."

4. Fasciculi Malayenses: Anthropological and Zoological Results of an by Nelson Annandale, Herbert C. Robinson (1903)
"This species differs from the other members of the genus Cynopterus by having only two incisors in the lower jaw. Measurements of the above specimen:—Head ..."

5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1872)
"to which may be added the Mahratta country, Western and Northern India, thus exhibiting a very wide geographical range. Genus CYNOPTERUS. Characters. ..."

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