Epomophorus

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Epomophorus
Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus wahlbergi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Epomophorus
Bennett, 1836[1][2][3]
Species

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Epomophorus is a genus of bat in the Pteropodidae family.[4][5][6] They have a distribution throughout Africa.[7]

Species

Epomophorus contains the following species:[8][9][10]

Genus Epomophorus

  • Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus angolensis
  • Ansell's Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus anselli
  • Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus crypturus
  • Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus gambianus
  • Lesser Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus grandis
  • Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus labiatus
  • East African Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus minimus
  • Minor Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus minor
  • Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus wahlbergi

References

  1. ↑ http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=631283
  2. ↑ http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=93488
  3. ↑ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=104449
  4. ↑ http://www.eol.org/pages/42145
  5. ↑ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=2477126
  6. ↑ http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=486793
  7. ↑ http://data.gbif.org/species/13187305
  8. ↑ http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2010/browse/tree/id/2319533
  9. ↑ http://starcentral.mbl.edu/microscope/portal.php?pagetitle=classification&BLCHID=24-1121
  10. ↑ http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id33882/

Further reading

  • Bemerkungen zu Afrocimex c. constrictus Ferris & Usinger 1957 in Kenya (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cimicidae).
  • Taxonomy and biogeography of African fruit bats (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). 1. General introduction; material and methods; results: the genus Epomophorus Bennett, 1836.
  • Pelage patterns and crypsis in roosting bats: Taphozous mauritianus and Epomophorus species.
  • Observation #:9 - fruit bat roost in Maun Botswana.
  • Attack or consumption of Epomophorus (Chiroptera) by Paraxerus (Rodentia) and Papio (Primates) in Tanzania.
  • Check list and atlas of the mammals of Zimbabwe Rhodesia.
  • The mammals of the southern African subregion.
  • Classification of southern African mammals.
  • Epomophorus gambianus.
  • The mammals of the southern African subregion.
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