Pteropus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)
Proper noun
Pteropus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pteropodidae – most of the flying foxes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria – infraclass; Boreoeutheria – magnorder; Laurasiatheria – superorder; Chiroptera – order; Megachiroptera - suborder, Pteropodidae - family; Pteropodinae - subfamily, Pteropodini - tribe; Pteropodina - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): For the numerous species see Pteropus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies