Megaloglossus azagnyi

Nesi, Kadjo, & Hassanin in Nesi, Kadjo, Pourrut, Leroy, Pongombo Shongo, Cruaud, & Hassanin, 2013

Western Woermann's Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Rousettinae
Tribe : Myonycterini
Genus : Megaloglossus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Nesi, N., Kadjo, B., Pourrut, X., Leroy, É., Pongombo Shongo, C., Cruaud, C. and Hassanin, A. 2013-01. Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the tribe Myonycterini (Mammalia, Pteropodidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(1):126-137.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.028

Original name as described

Megaloglossus azagnyi

Other common names

Azagny Fruit Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2011-993

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-993

Type locality

"Côte d'Ivoire [= Ivory Coast], Lagunes region, Azagny National Park, 06°13'007'N [sic], 05°01'532'W [sic], elevation 125 m." 06°13.007'N, 05°01.532'W

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Nesi, N., Kadjo, B., Pourrut, X., Leroy, E., Shongo, C. P., Cruaud, C., & Hassanin, A. (2013). Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the tribe Myonycterini (Mammalia, Pteropodidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution, 66(1), 126-137.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004532

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Megaloglossus azagnyi

Nesi, Kadjo, & Hassanin in Nesi, Kadjo, Pourrut, Leroy, Pongombo Shongo, Cruaud, & Hassanin, 2013

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

azagnyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2011-993

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-993

Authority page

134

Authority publication

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84459322/84462595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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