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--> GENUS Myonycteris
--> SUBGENUS Myonycteris
SPECIES Myonycteris (Myonycteris) torquata
| Author: | Dobson, 1878. | | Citation: | Cat. Chiroptera Brit. Mus.: 71, 76. | | Common Name: | Little Collared Fruit Bat | | Type Locality: | N Angola. | | Distribution: | Guinea and Sierra Leone to Uganda, south to Angola and NW Zambia; Bioko (Equatorial Guinea). | | Status: | IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Myonycteris. Includes leptodon and wroughtoni; see Hayman and Hill (1971), Peterson et al. (1995), and Bergmans (1976, 1997). Koopman (1994) recognized torquata, leptodon, and wroughtoni as subspecies, but see Bergmans (1997). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
collaris Andersen, 1907
leptodon Andersen, 1908
wroughtoni Andersen, 1908
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