Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) . In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, l(l):xvii, 91.

TYPE LOCALITY: Senegal .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Ethiopia to South Africa; SW Arabia; islands in Guinea Gulf and off E Africa.

SYNONYMS: buettikoferi, leucomelas, mollipilosus, paleaceus, palmarum, sabaeum, stramineus .

COMMENTS: Includes sabaeum; see Hayman and Hill (1971), who also included dupreanum; but also see Bergmans (1990) who retained dupreanum as a separate species. See DeFrees and Wilson (1988, Mammalian Species, 312), who also included dupreanum .