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Lissonycteris angolensis
Order: Chiroptera > Family: Pteropodidae > Genus: Lissonycteris > Species: Lissonycteris angolensis
Type Description
J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, ser. 2, 5:133.
Type Locality
Angola, Quibula, Cahata, Pungo Andongo.
Measurements
Total length: 131-140 mm
Head and body: 105-135 mm
Tail length: 9-25 mm
Hindfoot length: 18-24 mm
Ear length: 24-25 mm
Forearm Length: 65-91 mm
Weight: 650-910 g
Head and body: 105-135 mm
Tail length: 9-25 mm
Hindfoot length: 18-24 mm
Ear length: 24-25 mm
Forearm Length: 65-91 mm
Weight: 650-910 g
Description
This species is brown, but the males have a collar of stiff hairs that often has an orange tint to it. The flight membrane is attached to the second toe. The cheekteeth are short and broad.
Comparisons
L. angolensis resembles Myonycteris relicta, but is larger (the forearm is greater than 65 mm in Lissonycteris and less than that for Myonycteris). Lissonycteris also resembles Rousettus aegypticatus and R. lanosus. The former has sparser hair on the back, no stiff collar in males and the flight membrane attaches to the first toe. The latter has cheekteeth that are narrower than those ofLissonycteris.
Distribution
In Tanzania, Lissonycteris angolensis is found in a variety of forest environments. This species is found throughout tropical Africa, from Senegal in the east following the southwestern coastline by the equator to the Cameroons and down through northern Angola over to Southern Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa, but is commonest in forests or wooded areas from sea-level to 2,200 m. (Kingdon, 1984,,1997)
Key References
1. Bergmans, W. 1997. Taxonomy and biogeography of African fruit bats (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). 5. The genera Lissonycteris Anderson, 1912, Myonycteris Matschie, 1899 and general remarks and conclusions; annex: Key to all species. Beaufortia, 47:11-90.
2. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Insectivores and Bats). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2A:136.
3. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 115.
4. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:258-260, 261-263.
5. Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera, pp. 312-529. In Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
6. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.
2. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Insectivores and Bats). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2A:136.
3. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 115.
4. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:258-260, 261-263.
5. Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera, pp. 312-529. In Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
6. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.