Myonycteris relicta

Bergmans, 1980

Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bergmans, W. 1980. A new fruit bat of the genus Myonycteris Matschie, 1899, from eastern Kenya and Tanzania (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). Zoologische Mededelingen 55(14):171-181.

Authority publication link

https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/319404

Original name as described

Myonycteris relicta

Other common names

East African Little Collared Fruit Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.27909.a, RMNH.MAM.27909.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27909.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27909.b

Type locality

Mukanda River, Lukore area, Shimba Hills, Coast Province, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Mozambique · Zimbabwe

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004536

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.

Myonycteris relicta

Bergmans, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

relicta

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.27909.a, RMNH.MAM.27909.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27909.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27909.b

Authority page

173

Authority publication

Zoologische Mededelingen

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Koopman (1993:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  4. Koopman (1994:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14098/22046760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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