Epomophorus labiatus

Epomophorus labiatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yinpterochiroptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Rousettinae
Tribus: Epomophorini
Genus: Epomophorus
Species: Epomophorus labiatus

Name

Epomophorus labiatus (Temminck, 1837)

• Lectotype: RMNH.MAM.27342.a (partial skull), RMNH.MAM.27342.b (mounted skin), juvenile ♀, colllected by Paolo Emilio Botta between 1830–1833. [designated by Bergmans (1988: 101)]
• Type locality: “Abyssinie”.

Combinations

• Pteropus labiatus Temminck, 1837: 83 [original combination]
• Epomophorus labiatus: Tomes, 1860: 55 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Saudi Arabia and Yemen
• northern Nigeria and Cameroon, into Chad, southern and central Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea, south into eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania (including the islands of Unguja [=Zanzibar] and Mafia), being recorded as far south as Malawi, northern Mozambique and northern Zambia.

References

Primary references

• Temminck, C.J.  1835–1841. Monographies de Mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de Mammifères, dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l'Europe. Tome Second. E. d'Ocagne et A. Bertrand: Paris; C.C. van der Hock: Leiden. 392 pp., pls. XXVI–LXX. GoogleBooks. Reference page. 
• Bergmans, W. 1988. Taxonomy and biogeography of African Fruit Bats (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). 1. General introduction; material and methods; results: the genus Epomophorus Bennett, 1836. Beaufortia 38(5): 75–146. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Taylor, P. 2016. IUCN: Epomophorus labiatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T84457881A22122505. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T84457881A22122505.en. Accessed on 24 April 2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Temmincks Epaulettenflughund
English: Little Epauletted Fruit Bat
français: Petit épomophore