The subfamily Cynopterinae ("flying dogs") comprises 24 species of pteropodid bats distributed exclusively in South and Southeast Asia.

The subfamily contains the following genera:

• Aethalops – pygmy fruit bats
• Alionycteris
• Balionycteris
• Chironax
• Cynopterus – dog-faced fruit bats, flying dogs or short-nosed fruit bats
• Dyacopterus – Dayak fruit bats
• Haplonycteris
• Latidens
• Megaerops
• Otopteropus
• Penthetor
• Ptenochirus – musky fruit bats
• Sphaerias
• Thoopterus

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