Little collared fruit bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the little collared fruit bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Myonycteris torquata
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Where does the little collared fruit bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the little collared fruit bat in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Ivory Coast

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the little collared fruit bat endangered?

The little collared fruit bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the little collared fruit bat?

The little collared fruit bat (Myonycteris torquata) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Myonycteris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the little collared fruit bat

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Little collared fruit bat (revision 1315063592), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1763436 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).