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/12866556

Original 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-1852-257

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004528

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 comptus

(H. Allen, 1861)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

comptus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1240/3325

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683287

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Epomops franqueti strepitans

Andersen, 1910

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

strepitans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.5.3.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3b1ae2f0-c819-4835-b939-968272846fbd

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094525

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Epomophorus franqueti

(Tomes, 1860)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

franqueti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

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-1852-257

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866556

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Epomops franqueti

Dollman, 1914

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

franqueti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472356

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:115, 116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7909/166505893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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