Epomophorus dobsonii

du Bocage, 1889

Dobson'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

Bocage, J.V.B. du. 1889. Chiroptéres Africains nouveaux, rares ou peu connus. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes (2)1:1-7.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418932

Original name as described

Epomophorus Dobsonii

Type material

AMNH M-88068

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88068

Type locality

Quindumbo, Benguela District, Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Botswana · Namibia? · Rwanda? · Tanzania?

Taxonomy notes

moved from Epomops to Epomophorus

Taxonomy notes citation

Almeida, F. C., Giannini, N. P., & Simmons, N. B. (2016). The evolutionary history of the African fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Acta Chiropterologica, 18(1), 73-108.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004519

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 Dobsonii

du Bocage, 1889

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

dobsonii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-88068

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88068

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418932

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7908/22116665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Epomops dobsoni

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

dobsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

39

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Epomops dobsonii

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

dobsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

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