Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 313 350 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Syconycteris Matschie 1899 Syconycteris Matschie 1899 , Megachiroptera Berlin Mus .: 94 . Type Species: Macroglossus australis Peters 1867 Species and subspecies: 3 species with 7 subspecies: Species Syconycteris australis (Peters 1867) Subspecies Syconycteris australis subsp. australis Peters 1867 Subspecies Syconycteris australis subsp. crassa Thomas 1895 Subspecies Syconycteris australis subsp. finschi Matschie 1899 Subspecies Syconycteris australis subsp. keyensis K. Andersen 1911 Subspecies Syconycteris australis subsp. major K. Andersen 1911 Subspecies Syconycteris australis subsp. naias K. Andersen 1911 Subspecies Syconycteris australis subsp. papuana Matschie 1899 Species Syconycteris carolinae Rozendaal 1984 Species Syconycteris hobbit Ziegler 1982 Discussion: Reviewed by Ziegler (1982 a ) .