Epomophorus crypturus Peters, 1852

Cakenberghe, Victor Van, Tungaluna, Guy-Crispin Gembu, Akawa, Prescott Musaba, Seamark, Ernest & Verheyen, Erik, 2017, The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi revisited (Mammalia: Chiroptera), European Journal of Taxonomy 382 (382), pp. 1-327 : 12

Epomophorus crypturus Peters, 1852

Fig. 3 E–F

* Epomophorus crypturus Peters, 1852: 26 .

* Epomophorus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835) : 100.

Some authors, e.g., Nesi et al. (2011: 547), consider E. crypturus and E. gambianus to differ at the subspecific level only. However, they admit that several recent classifications suggest they differ at the species level. Claessen & De Vree (1990: 180) indicate that E. gambianus only occurs in the tropical savanna and woodland zones from Senegal to the Central African Republic, Sudan and Ethiopia. E. crypturus , on the other hand, only occurs in Zambia, southern Tanzania and southern DRC. Nesi et al. (2011: 547) furthermore add Mozambique and eastern RSA. As all of the E. gambianus specimens mentioned by Hayman et al. (1966: 23, map 6) are from the southernmost part of the DRC, these should be assigned to E. crypturus . The distribution map shows that all of the specimens currently assigned to E. crypturus are from the provinces of Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami and Lualaba, with one exception: RMCA 31557, a subadult female from Luluabourg (= Kananga) in Kasaï-Central Province. This specimen might need to be re-examined.

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Fig. 3. Distribution maps. A–B. Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792). C–D. Epomophorus anselli Bergmans & Van Strien, 2004. E–F. Epomophorus crypturus Peters, 1852. A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.