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Sierra Leone collared fruit bat

Mammals

The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat (Myonycteris leptodon) is a megabat found in West Africa, with records in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo. The Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen described it in 1908 from a holotype collected in Sierra Leone by J. Hickman. It was considered a subspecies of the little collared fruit bat from 1976, until a 2013 study found it genetically distinct enough to be a full species. Males weigh an average of 39.9 grams and females 42.0 grams, forearms are about 61 millimetres, and the average head and body length is 107.9 millimetres. The IUCN lists it as least concern.

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 3
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Child Taxon Of

Pteropodidae, Taxa
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In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
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Found In

Cote d'Ivoire

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The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Ghana

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The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Guinea

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The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Liberia

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The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Sierra Leone

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The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Togo

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The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
West Africa

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Source Sierra Leone collared fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, West Africa
Quote, Distribution, West Africa
The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Sources
1. Sierra Leone collared fruit bat (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution, Sierra Leone
    The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
  • Distribution, West Africa
    The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
  • Distribution, Guinea
    The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
  • Distribution, Togo
    The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
  • Distribution, Liberia
    The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
  • Distribution, Ghana
    The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
  • Distribution, Cote d'Ivoire
    The Sierra Leone collared fruit bat is found throughout West Africa, including: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
  • Article text, habitat
    It is often found in lowland tropical forests, though has also been documented in habitats that are a mix of forest and grassland.
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
    Sierra Leone collared fruit bat (Myonycteris leptodon) is a species of megabat found in West Africa.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    Sierra Leone collared fruit bat (Myonycteris leptodon) is a species of megabat found in West Africa.
  • In Biome: Grassland, Habitat, grassland
    It is often found in lowland tropical forests, though has also been documented in habitats that are a mix of forest and grassland.
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2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 10410584: species profile of Myonycteris leptodon
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfiles
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"extinct": false
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3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 10410584: IUCN Red List category of Myonycteris leptodon
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategory
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"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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