Epomophorus anselli
Bergmans & Van Strien, 2004
Ansell's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
Superfamily | : Pteropodoidea |
Family | : Pteropodidae |
Subfamily | : Rousettinae |
Tribe | : Epomophorini |
Genus | : Epomophorus |
Species status
Authority citation
Bergmans, W. and Strien, N.J. van. 2004-12. Systematic notes on a collection of bats from Malawi. I. Megachiroptera: Epomophorinae and Rousettinae (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica 6(2):249-268.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3161/1508110042955522Original name as described
Epomophorus anselli
Other common names
Ansell's Dawn Bat
Type material
ZMA.MAM.30031 (= "ZMA 21.693b")
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.30031Type locality
"Lisanthu (13°00'S, 33°10'E), 1,000 m a.s.l., Kasungu N.P. [= National Park]," Malawi.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Malawi · Tanzania
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Bergmans, W., & Van Strien, N. J. (2004). Systematic notes on a collection of bats from Malawi. I. Megachiroptera: Epomophorinae and Rousettinae (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica, 6(2), 249-268.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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