Epomophorus minor Dobson 1879

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 323

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11339945

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scientific name

Epomophorus minor Dobson 1879
status

 

Epomophorus minor Dobson 1879 View in CoL

Epomophorus minor Dobson 1879 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879: 715.

Type Locality: Zanzibar.

Vernacular Names: Minor Epauletted Fruit Bat.

Distribution: Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda, SE Dem. Rep. Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Uganda, Malawi.

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Not listed.

Discussion: gambianus species group. Included in labiatus by some authors (e.g., Claessen and De Vree, 1991), but see Bergmans (1988, 1997).

Claessen, C. J., and F. de Vree. 1991. Systematic and taxonomic notes on the Epomophorus-anurus-labiatus-minor complex with the description of a new species (Mammalia; Chiroptera; Pteropodidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 71: 209 - 238.

SSC

Sacramento State University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Pteropodidae

Genus

Epomophorus