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Family Pteropodidae

Known as: Flying Foxes, Pteropodidae, Foxes, Flying 
Family of flying foxes in the order CHIROPTERA. They are also called Old World fruit bats.
National Institutes of Health

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Genus Pteropus

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Review
2012
Review
2012
Hendra virus: an emerging paramyxovirus in Australia.
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Identifying Hendra Virus Diversity in Pteropid Bats
Hendra virus (HeV) causes a zoonotic disease with high mortality that is transmitted to humans from bats of the genus Pteropus… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Establishment, Immortalisation and Characterisation of Pteropid Bat Cell Lines
Background Bats are the suspected natural reservoir hosts for a number of new and emerging zoonotic viruses including Nipah virus… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Mosquito feeding patterns and natural infection of vertebrates with Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses in Brisbane, Australia.
Host feeding patterns of mosquitoes were assessed through the identification of 865 blood meals collected from Brisbane during… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Flying foxes cease to function as seed dispersers long before they become rare.
Rare species play limited ecological roles, but particular behavioral traits may predispose species to become functionally… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Antibodies to Nipah-Like Virus in Bats (Pteropus lylei), Cambodia
Serum specimens from fruit bats were obtained at restaurants in Cambodia. We detected antibodies cross-reactive to Nipah virus by… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
GENETIC CONSEQUENCES OF POLYGYNY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN AN INDIAN FRUIT BAT, CYNOPTERUS SPHINX. II. VARIANCE IN MALE MATING SUCCESS AND EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE
Abstract Variance in reproductive success is a primary determinant of genetically effective population size (Ne), and thus has… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Clinal variation in body size and sexual dimorphism in an Indian fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)
Geographic variation in body size and sexual dimorphism of the short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx) was investigated in… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Effects of tropical cyclones Ofa and Val on the structure of a Samoan lowland rain forest
In February 1990, tropical cyclone Ofa struck Western Samoa with very strong winds (in excess of 200 km/hr). In December 1991… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Behaviour of Australian pteropodidae (Megachiroptera).
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