Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792)

Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 137-241 : 141

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scientific name	Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792)
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Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) View in CoL View at ENA . 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 .

References

Bergmans, W. 1990. Taxonomy and biogeography of African fruit bats (Mammalia: Megachiroptera). 3. The genera Scotonycteris Matschie, 1894, Casinycteris Thomas, 1910, Pteropus Brisson, 1762, and Eidolon Rafinesque, 1815. Beaufortia, 40 (7): 111 - 177.

DeFrees, S. L., and D. E. Wilson. 1988. Eidolon helvum. Mammalian Species, 312: 1 - 5.

Hayman, R. W., and J. E. Hill. 1971. Order Chiroptera. Part 2. Pp. 1 - 73, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 15 Jul 1971]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.