Animalz

Myonycteris

  • Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat Myonycteris relicta
    Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat
    Photo: Carrie Seltzer · CC BY 4.0

    Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat was described from southeastern Kenya and northeastern Tanzania, and was later recorded in Zimbabwe.

  • Little Collared Fruit Bat Myonycteris torquata
    Little Collared Fruit Bat
    Photo: Tony King · CC BY 4.0

    This fruit-eating bat lives in forests and other habitats in Central and East Africa. Its back is dark rusty brown to yellowish brown; adult males seasonally develop yellow-orange staining on coarse throat and chest hairs.

  • Sao Tomé Collared Fruit Bat Myonycteris brachycephala

    A fruit bat restricted to São Tomé Island. In the studied animals, the small lower incisor near the center of the jaw was asymmetrical, occurring on either the left or right side.

  • Sierra Leone Collared Fruit Bat Myonycteris leptodon

    This West African fruit bat has dense, silky fur and a throat ruff. In adult males, the ruff is seasonally stained yellow-orange.

  • Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat Myonycteris relicta
    Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat
    Photo: Carrie Seltzer · CC BY 4.0

    Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat was described from southeastern Kenya and northeastern Tanzania, and was later recorded in Zimbabwe.

  • Little Collared Fruit Bat Myonycteris torquata
    Little Collared Fruit Bat
    Photo: Tony King · CC BY 4.0

    This fruit-eating bat lives in forests and other habitats in Central and East Africa. Its back is dark rusty brown to yellowish brown; adult males seasonally develop yellow-orange staining on coarse throat and chest hairs.