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
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/37695142Original 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-c0baaccaaa81Type 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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