Myonycteris torquata

(Dobson, 1878)

Little 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

Dobson, G.E. 1878-06-15. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, British Museum Catalogue, 567 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695142

Original name as described

Cynonycteris torquata

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1866.1.20.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/02fde49b-cfab-4e67-88ca-c0baaccaaa81

Type locality

"Africa (Angola)." Restricted by W. Bergmans in 1976 to "Lower Cuanza Region" and further restricted by J. Crawford-Cabral in 1989 to "Golungo Alto," Cuanza Norte Province, northern Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Angola

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. leptodon

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/1004537

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.

Cynonycteris torquata

(Dobson, 1878)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

torquata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1866.1.20.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/02fde49b-cfab-4e67-88ca-c0baaccaaa81

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695142

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Cynopterus collaris

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

collaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1866.1.20.4

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/02fde49b-cfab-4e67-88ca-c0baaccaaa81

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994640

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myonycteris wroughtoni

Andersen, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

wroughtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.25

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/84dc92b9-2091-46e6-ba64-be95af8a9e42

Authority page

450

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26494546

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Xantharpyia torquata

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

torquata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835391

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Myonycteris torquata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

torquata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

36

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84463104/22046504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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