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Little Collared Fruit Bat

Myonycteris torquata

Classification

The little collared fruit bat (Myonycteris torquata) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna. Anatomy and physiology The little collared fruit bat was named for its prominent collar of stiff and sticky hairs that line its throat and sides of its…

Distribution

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