Epomophorus (epauletted bat) is a genus of bat in the family Pteropodidae.[5][6][7] They have a distribution throughout Africa.[8]
| Epomophorus | |
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| Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat, Epomophorus wahlbergi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Epomophorinae |
| Genus: | Epomophorus Bennett, 1836[1][2][3] |
| Type species | |
| Pteropus gambianus[4] Ogilby, 1835
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| Species | |
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Species edit
Epomophorus contains the following species:[9][10][11]
Genus Epomophorus
- Angolan epauletted fruit bat, Epomophorus angolensis
- Ansell's epauletted fruit bat, Epomophorus anselli
- Peters's epauletted fruit bat, Epomophorus crypturus
- Dobson's epauletted fruit bat, Epomophorus dobsonii
- 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 edit
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Epomophorus".
- ^ "ION: Index to Organism Names".
- ^ "Namebank Record Detail".
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Epomophorus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
- ^ "Namebank Record Detail". www.ubio.org. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
- ^ Analytics, Clarivate. "ION: Index to Organism Names". www.organismnames.com. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
- ^ GBIF. "Species Search Results for 13187305". data.gbif.org. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life - 2010 Annual Checklist :: Taxonomic tree". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
- ^ "Micro*scope - version 6.0 - March, 2006". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ^ Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-07-12.
Further reading edit
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