''Myonycteris'' (collared bat) is a genus of
bat in the family
Pteropodidae.
It contains the following species:
[Simmons, 2005, p. 328]
Genus ''Myonycteris''
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São Tomé collared fruit bat, ''Myonycteris brachycephala''
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East African little collared fruit bat
The East African little collared fruit bat (''Myonycteris relicta'') is a species of megabat
Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera ( bats). They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especia ...
, ''Myonycteris relicta''
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Little collared fruit bat, ''Myonycteris torquata''
References
Literature cited
*Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.)
Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp.
Bat genera
Taxa named by Paul Matschie
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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