''Megaloglossus'' is a genus of bats in the family Pteropodidae. It is native to Africa. It contains two species, ''

Megaloglossus azagnyi The Azagnyi fruit bat (''Megaloglossus azagnyi''), also called the western Woermann’s fruit bat, is a species of megabat found in Africa. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 2012. Its description was the result of a ...

'' and ''

Megaloglossus woermanni Woermann's bat or Woermann's fruit bat (''Megaloglossus woermanni'') is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Megaloglossus''. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Re ...

''. Prior to 2012, it was considered a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

genus. In 2012, however, ''M. woermanni'' was

split Split(s) or The Split may refer to: Places * Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia * Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay * Split Island, Falkland Islands * Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua Arts, entertain ...

into two species with the description of ''M. azagnyi''. It was described as a new species in 2012.

Range

Both species are found in

West West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

and

Central Africa Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions. Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, E ...

References

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