# Thoopterus

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{{Short description|Genus of bats}}
{{automatic taxobox
| taxon = Thoopterus
| authority = [Matschie](/source/Paul_Matschie), 1899
| type_species = [''Cynopterus marginatus'' var. ''nigrescens''](/source/Thoopterus_nigrescens)
| type_species_authority = Gray, 1870
}}
'''''Thoopterus''''' (Latin meaning: ״flying Jackal״) is a genus of [megabat](/source/megabat). It has two species:
*Swift fruit bat (''[Thoopterus nigrescens](/source/Thoopterus_nigrescens)'')
*Suhaniah fruit bat (''[Thoopterus suhaniahae](/source/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

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