Nanonycteris veldkampii

(Jentink, 1888)

Veldkamp'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 : Nanonycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Jentink, F.A. 1888. Zoological researches in Liberia. A list of mammals, collected by J. Büttikofer, C. F. Sala and F. X. Stampfli, with biological observations. Notes from the Leyden Museum 10:1-58.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9622362

Original name as described

Epomophorus veldkampii

Other common names

Veldkamp's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.20400.a, RMNH.MAM.20400.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20400.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20400.b

Type locality

"Buluma, Fisherman Lake," Liberia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004530

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 veldkampii

(Jentink, 1888)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

veldkampii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.20400.a, RMNH.MAM.20400.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20400.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20400.b

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9622362

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Nanonycteris veldkampi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

veldkampi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

40

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Nanonycteris veldkampii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

veldkampii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14333/22043635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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