{{Short description|Genus of bats}} {{automatic taxobox | taxon = Thoopterus | authority = Matschie, 1899 | type_species = ''Cynopterus marginatus'' var. ''nigrescens'' | type_species_authority = Gray, 1870 }} '''''Thoopterus''''' (Latin meaning: ״flying Jackal״) is a genus of megabat. It has two species: *Swift fruit bat (''Thoopterus nigrescens'') *Suhaniah fruit bat (''Thoopterus suhaniahae)''<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.18195/issn.0312-3162.27(1).2012.068-084|title=A new species of fruit bat (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae: Thoopterus) from Sulawesi and adjacent islands, Indonesia|year=2012|last1=Maryanto|first1=Ibnu|last2=Yani|first2=Mohamad|last3=Prijono|first3=Siti Nuramaliati|last4=Wiantoro|first4=Sigit|journal=Records of the Western Australian Museum|volume=27|page=68|doi-access=free}}</ref>
Prior to 2012, it was considered to consist of only one species (''T. nigrescens'').
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Category:Megabats Category:Taxa named by Paul Matschie