Epomophorus crypturus

W. C. H. Peters, 1851

Peters'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Hr. Peters legte von seinem Werke über Mossambique die erste Abtheilung der Säugethiere vor, und gab die Diagnosen der darin beschriebenen und abgebildeten neuen Arten. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851:756-759.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056771

Original name as described

Epomophorus crypturus

Other common names

Smaller Epauletted Fruit Bat

Type material

ZMB 10080

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Tete, Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Tanzania · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004518

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Epomophorus crypturus

W. C. H. Peters, 1851

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

crypturus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 10080

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

757

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056771

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1852:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  2. Murray (1866:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Thomas (1894:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69209)
  4. Seabra (1898:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3416509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68459)
  5. Roberts (1913:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  6. Shortridge (1934:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  7. Hayman (1963:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Koopman (1994:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  11. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  12. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  13. Happold & Happold (2013:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  16. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  17. Benda, Uvizl, Mazoch, Šklíba & Červený (2022:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62780)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44697/22073767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Epomophorus gambianus parvus

Ansell, 1960

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

parvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1959.610

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/695c059d-6788-44e7-808c-1b1b1b4c941c

Authority page

160

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

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