Megaloglossus

Megaloglossus woermanni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pteropodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Pteropodoidea

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Epomophorinae
Tribus: Myonycterini
Genus: Megaloglossus
Species (2): M. azagnyi – M. woermanni

Name

Megaloglossus Pagenstecher, 1885

• Type species: Megaloglossus woermanni Pagenstecher, 1885, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Trygenycteris Lydekker, 1891

References

Primary references

• Pagenstecher. 1885. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 8: 245.

Additional references

• Nesi, N., Kadjo, B., Pourrut, X., Leroy, E., Pongombo Shongo, C., Cruad, C. & Hassanin, A. 2013. Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the tribe Myonycterini (Mammalia, Pteropodidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(1): 126–137. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.028 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Long-tongued Fruit Bats