Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Eidolon helvum

Description

Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792). Anim. Kingdom, l (l):xvii,91.

TYPE LOCALITY: Senegal.

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Ethiopia to South Africa; Madagascar; Yemen; Aden; islands in Guinea Gulf and off eastern Africa.

COMMENT: Includes dupreanum and sabaeum; see Hayman and Hill, 1971, Part 2: 11.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405001010001001.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 114, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990

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Additional details

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. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • 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.