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Melonycterini  Almeida, Simmmons and Giannini, 2020
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1145669

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Tribe  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2020   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYinpterochiroptera Springer, Teeling, Madsen, Stanhope and Jong, 2001  
                                     FamilyPteropodidae Gray, 1821 – flying foxes, Old World fruit bats, megabats, non-echolocating bats  
                                        SubfamilyPteropodinae Gray, 1821 – Old World fruit bats  
                                           TribeMelonycterini Almeida, Simmmons and Giannini, 2020  
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                                              GenusMelonycteris Dobson, 1877  
                                              GenusNesonycteris Thomas, 1887  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Almeida, Francisca Cunha, Nancy B. Simmons, and Norberto P. Giannini   
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Species-level Phylogeny of Old World Fruit Bats with a New Higher-level Classification of the Family Pteropodidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Museum Novitates, no. 3950   
  Page(s): 1-24   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0003-0082   
  Notes: doi: 10.1206/3950.1   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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