Micropteropus Matschie, 1899

Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 137-241 : 143

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353060
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7289151
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scientific name	Micropteropus Matschie, 1899
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Treatment

Micropteropus Matschie, 1899 View in CoL . Megachiroptera Berlin Mus., p. 36, 57.

TYPE SPECIES: Epomophorus pusillus Peters, 1867 View in CoL .

COMMENTS: Revised by Bergmans (1989), who transferred grandis from this genus to Epomophorus .

Bergmans, W. 1989. Taxonomy and biogeography of African fruit bats (Mammalia: Megachiroptera). 2. The genera Micropteropus Matschie, 1899, Epomops Gray, 1870, Hypsignathus H. Allen, 1861, Nanonycteris Matschie, 1899, and Plerotes Andersen, 1910. Beaufortia, 39 (4): 89 - 153.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Micropteropus Matschie, 1899

Karl F. Koopman 1993

1993

Micropteropus

Matschie 1899: 36

1899

Specimens