Epomops buettikoferi

(Matschie, 1899)

Büttikofer'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 : Epomops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Matschie, P. 1899. Die Megachiroptera des Berliner Museums für Naturkunde. Georg Reimer, Berlin, 102 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099105

Original name as described

Epomophorus büttikoferi

Type material

RMNH.MAM.19640.a, RMNH.MAM.19640.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19640.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19640.b

Type locality

"Schlieffelinsville, Junk River, Liberia."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004527

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 büttikoferi

(Matschie, 1899)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

buettikoferi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.19640.a, RMNH.MAM.19640.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19640.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19640.b

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099105

Authority publication

Berlin

Epomophorus buttikoteri

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

buttikoteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Berlin

Epomops buettikoferi

Andersen, 1910

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

buettikoferi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094521

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:39) (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. Happold & Happold (2013:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7907) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7907) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7907/22116763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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