Eidolon helvum (Kerr 1792)

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 : 321

Eidolon helvum (Kerr 1792)

[Vespertilio] vampyrus Kerr 1792 , in: Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, Vol. 1, 1: xvii, 91.

Type Locality: Senegal (restricted by K. Andersen, 1907).

Vernacular Names: African Straw-colored Fruit Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Eidolon helvum subsp. helvum Kerr 1792

Subspecies Eidolon helvum subsp. annobonensis Juste, Ibß±ez, and Machordom 2000

Subspecies Eidolon helvum subsp. sabaeum K. Andersen 1907

Distribution: Mauritania, Senegal, and Gambia to Ethiopia to South Africa; SW Arabia and Oman; islands in the Gulf of Guinea and off E Africa.

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

Discussion: Includes sabaeum, see Hayman and Hill (1971), Bergmans (1990), and Harrison and Bates (1991). Does not include dupreanum ; see Bergmans (1990) and Peterson et al. (1995), but also see Hayman and Hill (1971). See DeFrees and Wilson (1988), but note that they included dupreanum in helvum . African forms reviewed in part by Juste et al. (2000); Palearctic forms reviewed by Horácek et al. (2000). Distribution mapped by Taylor (2000 a) and Cotterill (2001 e). The taxonomic status of populations in the Anr Mountains of Niger is unclear.