Epomophorus Bennett 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

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scientific name	Epomophorus Bennett 1835
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Epomophorus Bennett 1835 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1835: 149.

Type Species: Pteropus gambianus Ogilby 1835

Species and subspecies: 8 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Epomophorus angolensis Gray 1870

Species Epomophorus crypturus Peters 1852

Species Epomophorus gambianus Ogilby 1835

Subspecies Epomophorus gambianus subsp. gambianus Ogilby 1835

Subspecies Epomophorus gambianus subsp. pousarguesi Trouessart 1904

Species Epomophorus grandis Sanborn 1950

Species Epomophorus labiatus Temminck 1837

Species Epomophorus minimus Claessen and De Vree 1991

Species Epomophorus minor Dobson 1879

Species Epomophorus wahlbergi Sundevall 1846

Discussion: Revised by Bergmans (1988), who transferred Micropteropus grandis to this genus. Key to this genus was presented in Boulay and Robbins (1989) and Claessen and De Vree (1991). Species groups follow Koopman (1994) with some modifications.