Myonycteris
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Genus of bats
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Myonycteris Matschie, 1899 |
| Type species | |
| Cynonycteris torquata Dobson, 1878
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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
[edit]- ^ Simmons, 2005, p. 328
Literature cited
[edit]- 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
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