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Myonycteris

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Myonycteris

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderChiroptera
  5. FamilyPteropodidae
Observations recorded2,732

Myonycteris est un genre de chauves-souris. Les trois espèces du genre ont une répartition uniquement africaine,. Ce genre est caractérisé entre autres par des oreilles pointues et une collerette au niveau du cou.

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
1
Family
Pteropodidae
Collections
NHMUK

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pteropodidae
Image
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MAM.16953.b dor - Myonycteris torquata - skin.jpeg
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Commons category
Myonycteris
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Myonycteris
taxon name
Myonycteris
diel cycle
crepuscular
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Myonycteris (collared bat) is a genus of bat in the family Pteropodidae.

It contains the following species: 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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myonycteris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.