Myonycteris

Myonycteris
Myonycteris torquata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Myonycteris Matschie, 1899
Type species
Cynonycteris torquata Dobson, 1878

Myonycteris (collared bat) is a genus of bat in the family Pteropodidae.

It contains the following species:^[1]

Genus Myonycteris

• Angolan rousette, Myonycteris angolensis
• São Tomé collared fruit bat, Myonycteris brachycephala
• Sierra Leone collared fruit bat, Myonycteris leptodon
• East African little collared fruit bat, Myonycteris relicta
• Little collared fruit bat, Myonycteris torquata

References

1. Simmons, 2005, p. 328

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. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0