Eidolon helvum
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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.
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/B5FED4376783348DAB39F373EDACBE6B (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/CEEF17C0567E5F810C42434E98601F58 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231543682 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Kerr
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Genus
- Eidolon
- Species
- helvum
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; class I: Mammalia. London, J. Murray & R. Faulder, 664 pp.
- Andersen, K. 1907. On Pterocyon, Rousettus and Myonycteris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History., ser. 7, 19: 501 - 515.
- 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.
- 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.
- Harrison, D. L., and P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia, Second ed. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, 354 pp.
- Peterson, R. L., J. L. Eger, and L. Mitchell. 1995. Chiropteres. Faune de Madagascar, 84: 1 - 204.
- DeFrees, S. L., and D. E. Wilson. 1988. Eidolon helvum. Mammalian Species, 312: 1 - 5.
- Juste, J. B., C. Ibanez, and A. Machordom. 2000. Morphological and allozyme variation of Eidolon helvum (Mammalia: Megachiroptera) in the islands of the Gulf of Guinea. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 71: 359 - 378.
- Taylor, P. J. 2000 a. Bats of Southern Africa: Guide to biology, identification, and conservation. University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 206 pp.
- Cotterill, F. P. D. 2001 e. New records for two species of fruit bats (Megachiroptera: Mammalia) in southeast Africa, with taxonomic comments. Durban Museum Novitates, 26: 53 - 56.