Little Collared Fruit Bat
Myonycteris torquata (Dobson, 1878)
Also calledKleiner Halskrausen-Flughund (deu) · Kleiner Halskrausenflughund (deu) · Myonyctére a collier (fra) · Myszolot obrożny (pol) · Petite myonyctère (fra) · kaloň řetízkový (ces) · sepelhekko (fin) · Малый ошейниковый крылан (rus) · コクビワフルーツオオコウモリ (jpn)
First described in: Cat. Chiroptera Brit. Mus. p.71, 76
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
REMARK. — Recent molecular analyses showed that Myonycteris torquata from the Upper Guinea Forest of West Africa are separate from those of the Congo Basin Forest. As such West Africa specimens formerly included in Myonycteris torquata are now placed in a distinct species, Myonycteris leptodon K. Andersen, 1908 (Nesi et al. 2013).
Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon
distribution
HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species has a wide distribution in Central Africa (Bakwo Fils & Kaleme 2016 b). According to Bergmans (1997), this species is distributed in the low and medium altitude rainforest and the rain forest-savannah boundary where they roost singly or in small groups in trees.
Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon
materials_examined
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 19 Specimens (including original data). Mount Cameroon area • 7 specimens; Mueli; 4 ° 23 ’ 00 ” N, 9 ° 07 ’ 00 ” E; 600 m; 7. II- 16. II. 1958; Martins Eisentraut leg.; ZFMK 1961.0621 to 0624, SMNS 6628, 6629; 6630 • 1 specimen; Victoria; 4 ° 00 ’ 46 ” N, 9 ° 13 ’ 13 ” E; 136 m; 15. XII. 1968; Martin Eisentraut leg.; ZFMK 1969.0609 • 1 specimen; Isobi; 4 ° 07 ’ 15 ” N, 8 ° 59 ’ 33 ” E; 56 m; Martin Eisentraut leg.; SMNS 6631. ORIGINAL DATA. — During our field surveys, 10 individuals (4 males and 6 females) were mistnetted (Table 1). Two females and two males were trapped by a fruiting fig tree at an altitude of 1140 m a. s. l, six other individuals were captured either by fruiting trees or in fallow farmlands. All individuals were captured in disturbed habitats at altitudes below 1290 m a. s. l. (Table 1). The little collared fruit bat had previously been recorded from Mount Cameroon by Eisentraut (1968).
Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon
vernacular_names
COMMON NAMES. — English: Little Collared Fruit Bat. French: Petit Myonyctère.
Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Myonycteris torquata in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2432942.