São Tomé Collared Fruit Bat
Myonycteris brachycephala (Bocage, 1889)
Also calledMyonyctere de Sao Tomé (fra) · Myszolot wyspowy (pol) · Sao-Tomé-Halskrausenflughund (deu) · São Tomé-Halskrausenflughund (deu) · kaloň krátkohlavý (ces) · saotomensepelhekko (fin) · Сан-томейский ошейниковый крылан (rus) · サントーメクビワフルーツオオコウモリ (jpn)
First described in: J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, ser. 2 vol.1 p.198
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Vulnerable: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 ûEndangered.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
activity
Activity patterns. Sao Tome Collared Fruit Bats are presumably nocturnal. Individuals were always captured in mountain passes, probably during commuting flights.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. [. owland to montane tropical moist forests, steep rocky areas, and agricultural areas (chiefly cocoa plantations) at elevations of 300 - 1300 m. The Sao Tome Collared Fruit Bat seems to avoid coastal zone and northern dry part of Sao Tomé Island.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2432941.