Epomops franqueti
(Tomes, 1860)
Franquet'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
Tomes, R.F. 1860-05. A monograph of the genus Epomophorus, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860(1):42-58.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866556Original name as described
Epomophorus franqueti
Type material
MNHN-ZM-MO-1852-257 (= MNHN ? A 107) (= MNHN AC A 6767)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1852-257Type locality
"Gabon."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Uganda · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Tanzania
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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