(Vahl, 1797)
Common names:
Short-nosed Fruit bat [English]
Synonymy:
Vespertilio sphinx Vahl, 1797: 123; Tranquebar, Madras, India.
Vespertilio fibulatus Vahl, 1797: 124; Tranquebar, Madras, India.
Pteropus pusillus Geoffroy, E., 1803: 49; India.
Pteropus marginatus Geoffroy, E., 1810a: 97; plate v. Bengal.
Pachysoma brevicaudatumTemminck, 1837: 92; Calcutta, India. Not Pachysoma brevicaudatum Geoffroy, I., 1828.
Cynopterus marginatus var. (Pachysoma scherzeri )Zelebor, 1869: 13; Car Nicobar, Nicobar Islands.
Cynopterus brachysoma Dobson, 1871b: 105; Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal.
Cynopterus marginatus var. andamanensis Dobson,
1873b: 201, pl. xiv, Fig. 5; Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal.
Cynopterus marginatus var. ellioti Gray, 1870: 122; Dharwar, southern Bombay, India.
Cynopterus angulatus Miller, 1898: 316- 325; Trang, south Thailand.
Cynopterus sphinx gangeticus Andersen, 1910: 623; Lucknow, United Provinces, India.