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

Living
Found in the wild

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/10.3161/1508110042955522

Original name as described

Epomophorus anselli

Other common names

Ansell's Dawn Bat

Type material

ZMA.MAM.30031 (= "ZMA 21.693b")

Type kind

holotype

Type 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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