Epomophorus gambianus

(W. Ogilby, 1835)

Gambian 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

Ogilby, W. 1835-10-09. Mr, Ogilby exhibited several rare and undescribed species of Mammalia and Birds, brought from the Gambia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1835:97-105.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568609

Original name as described

Pteropus Gambianus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.233

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Gambia." Restricted by D. Kock and colleagues in 2002 to "Banjul," Gambia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Mali · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004520

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.

Pteropus epomophorus

(E. T. Bennett, 1836)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

epomophorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.232

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568658

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus Whitei

(E. T. Bennett, 1836)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

whitei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.232

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

37

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus Gambianus

(W. Ogilby, 1835)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

gambianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.233

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568609

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Pteropus macrocephalus

(W. Ogilby, 1835)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

macrocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568610

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Epomophorus reii

Aellen, 1950

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

reii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNLCF 32-8-970

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

559

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43786493

Authority publication

Revue suisse de Zoologie

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Epomophorus guineensis

du Bocage, 1898

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MLZA T118

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3416529

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Epomophorus pousarguesi

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pousarguesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1892-1020

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1892-1020

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422841

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Epomophorus zechi

Matschie, 1899

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

zechi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 10170, ZMB 10171

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099106

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Epomophorus gambianus

Matschie, 1895

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

gambianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835390

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7903/22122670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Epomophorus gambianus gambianus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

gambianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Epomophorus gambianus pousarguesi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pousarguesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus megacephalus

(Swainson, 1835)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

megacephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

92

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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