Epomophorus grandis

(Sanborn, 1950)

Sanborn'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

Sanborn, C.C. 1950. Chiroptera from Dundo, Lunda, Northeastern Angola. Publicações culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 10:53-62.

Original name as described

Micropteropus grandis

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:66433

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=555e3cd5-9d3a-485e-ad02-0a1123016e71

Type locality

Dundo, Lunda, Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004521

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.

Micropteropus grandis

(Sanborn, 1950)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:66433

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=555e3cd5-9d3a-485e-ad02-0a1123016e71

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Publicações culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola

Name usages

  1. Hayman (1963:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Epomophorus grandis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

45

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Koopman (1993:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7902/22122832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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