Epomophorus gambianus Ogilby 1835

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 : 322

Epomophorus gambianus Ogilby 1835

Epomophorus gambianus Ogilby 1835 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1835: 100.

Type Locality: Gambia, Banjul (restricted by Kock et al., 2002).

Vernacular Names: Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Epomophorus gambianus subsp. gambianus Ogilby 1835

Subspecies Epomophorus gambianus subsp. pousarguesi Trouessart 1904

Distribution: Senegal and Gambia to Central African Republic, east to Sudan, Ethiopia, S to Malawi and Botswana.

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: gambianus species group. Does not include crypturus and angolensis ; see Claessen and De Vree (1990). See Boulay and Robbins (1989), but note that they included crypturus and angolensis in gambianus .