''Myonycteris'' (collared bat) is a genus of
bat
Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...
in the family
Pteropodidae.
It contains the following species:
[Simmons, 2005, p. 328]
Genus ''Myonycteris''
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Angolan rousette, ''Myonycteris angolensis''
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São Tomé collared fruit bat, ''Myonycteris brachycephala''
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Sierra Leone collared fruit bat, ''Myonycteris leptodon''
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East African little collared fruit bat, ''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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