Epomophorus minor

Dobson, 1880

Minor 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

Dobson, G.E. 1880-04. Notes on some species of Chiroptera from Zanzibar, with descriptions of new and rare species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879(4):715-719.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28521879

Original name as described

Epomophorus minor

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.9.12.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ee6eb890-b9d9-40db-bc20-d3ece71cc233

Type locality

"Zanzibar," Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Somalia · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique

Taxonomy notes

includes minimus tentatively and is considered separate from E. labiatus, which the taxon is sometimes considered a synonym of; the taxonomic arrangement of these three taxa is still debatable

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson, D. E. & Mittermeier, R. A.Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004524

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 minor

Dobson, 1880

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.9.12.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ee6eb890-b9d9-40db-bc20-d3ece71cc233

Authority page

715

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28521879

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84458822/84458832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Epomophorus minimus

Claessen & De Vree, 1991

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:44238

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

216

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7905/22117065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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