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Epomophorus minor Dobson 1879
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Epomophorus minor Dobson 1879
Epomophorus minor Dobson 1879, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879: 715.
Type Locality: Zanzibar.
Vernacular Names: Minor Epauletted Fruit Bat.
Distribution: Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda, SE Dem. Rep. Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Uganda, Malawi.
Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Not listed.
Discussion: gambianus species group. Included in labiatus by some authors (e.g., Claessen and De Vree, 1991), but see Bergmans (1988, 1997).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, pp. 313-350 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 323, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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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/2946F9741AAD1EB4E6FEF4948BA36D2C (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231543567 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Dobson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Genus
- Epomophorus
- Species
- minor
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Epomophorus minor Dobson, 1879 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Claessen, C. J., and F. de Vree. 1991. Systematic and taxonomic notes on the Epomophorus-anurus-labiatus-minor complex with the description of a new species (Mammalia; Chiroptera; Pteropodidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 71: 209 - 238.