Epomophorus
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| Epomophorus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Epomophorus Bennett, 1836[1][2][3] |
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Epomophorus is a genus of bat in the Pteropodidae family.[4][5][6] They have a distribution throughout Africa.[7]
[edit] Species
Epomophorus contains the following species[8][9][10]:
Genus Epomophorus
- Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus angolensis
- Ansell's Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus anselli
- Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus crypturus
- Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus gambianus
- Lesser Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus grandis
- Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus labiatus
- East African Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus minimus
- Minor Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus minor
- Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus wahlbergi
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=631283
- ^ http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=93488
- ^ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=104449
- ^ http://www.eol.org/pages/42145
- ^ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=2477126
- ^ http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=486793
- ^ http://data.gbif.org/species/13187305
- ^ http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2010/browse/tree/id/2319533
- ^ http://starcentral.mbl.edu/microscope/portal.php?pagetitle=classification&BLCHID=24-1121
- ^ http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id33882/
[edit] Further reading
- [1]
- [2]
- Bemerkungen zu Afrocimex c. constrictus Ferris & Usinger 1957 in Kenya (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cimicidae).
- Taxonomy and biogeography of African fruit bats (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). 1. General introduction; material and methods; results: the genus Epomophorus Bennett, 1836.
- Pelage patterns and crypsis in roosting bats: Taphozous mauritianus and Epomophorus species.
- Observation #:9 - fruit bat roost in Maun Botswana.
- Attack or consumption of Epomophorus (Chiroptera) by Paraxerus (Rodentia) and Papio (Primates) in Tanzania.
- Check list and atlas of the mammals of Zimbabwe Rhodesia.
- The mammals of the southern African subregion.
- Classification of southern African mammals.
- Epomophorus gambianus.
- The mammals of the southern African subregion.
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