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.

Original name as described

Cynonycteris torquata

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1866.1.20.4

Type kind

holotype

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

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