Epomophorus labiatus

(Temminck, 1837)

Little 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

Temminck, C.J. 1837. Livraison 2. Pp. 49–140 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temmgoog

Original name as described

Pteropus labiatus

Other common names

Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.27342.a, RMNH.MAM.27342.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27342.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27342.b

Type locality

Sudan, "Abyssinia." Restricted by W. Bergmans in 1988 to Sennar, Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Saudi Arabia · Yemen · Sudan · Djibouti · Eritrea · Ethiopia · South Sudan · Nigeria · Chad · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Malawi · Mozambique

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004523

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 labiatus

(Temminck, 1837)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

labiatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.27342.a, RMNH.MAM.27342.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27342.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27342.b

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Lesson (1842:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Pteropus schoënsis

(Rüppell, 1842)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

schoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4370

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886794

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Name usages

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

Epomophorus anurus

von Heuglin, 1864

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

anurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 609, SMNS 1090, SMNS 1091

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45611095

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Epomophorus doriae

Matschie, 1899

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

doriae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 5384, ZMB 10079

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099114

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Epomophorus labiatus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

labiatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority publication

London

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)
  4. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84457881/22122505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus (Epomophorus) schovanus

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

schovanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876399

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

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

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