Epomophorus intermedius

(Hayman, 1963)

Hayman'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

Hayman, R.W. 1963-10-21. Mammals from Angola, mainly from the Lunda District. Publicações culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 66:85-139.

Original name as described

Micropteropus intermedius

Other common names

Hayman's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat · Hayman's Lesser Epauletted Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1962.2073

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e1b2c834-e033-4dc6-ae95-80143083044d

Type locality

Dundo, Lunda, Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

moved from Micropteropus to Epomophorus

Taxonomy notes citation

Almeida, F. C., Simmons, N. B., & Giannini, N. P. (2020). A Species-level Phylogeny of Old World Fruit Bats with a New Higher-level Classification of the Family Pteropodidae. American Museum Novitates, 3950, 1-24.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004522

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 intermedius

(Hayman, 1963)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1962.2073

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e1b2c834-e033-4dc6-ae95-80143083044d

Authority page

100

Authority publication

Publicações culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola

Name usages

  1. Hayman (1963:100) (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. Corbet & Hill (1991:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Happold & Happold (2013:269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Epomophorus intermedius

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13401/22126321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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