Myonycteris (Myonycteris) torquata (Dobson 1878)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 328

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scientific name	Myonycteris (Myonycteris) torquata (Dobson 1878)
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[Cynonycteris] torquata Dobson 1878 , Cat. Chiroptera Brit. Mus.: 71.

Type Locality: N Angola.

Vernacular Names: Little Collared Fruit Bat.

Synonyms: Myonycteris (Myonycteris) collaris Andersen 1907 ; Myonycteris (Myonycteris) leptodon Andersen 1908 ; Myonycteris (Myonycteris) wroughtoni Andersen 1908 .

Distribution: Guinea and Sierra Leone to Uganda, south to Angola and NW Zambia; Bioko ( Equatorial Guinea).

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Myonycteris . Includes leptodon and wroughtoni ; see Hayman and Hill (1971), Peterson et al. (1995), and Bergmans (1976, 1997). Koopman (1994) recognized torquata , leptodon , and wroughtoni as subspecies, but see Bergmans (1997).