Epomophorus wahlbergi

Epomophorus wahlbergi

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 wahlbergi

Name

Epomophorus wahlbergi (Sundevall, 1846)

Type locality: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Province, near Durban.

Synonymy

• Epomophorus wahlbergi (Sundevall, 1846)
• Pteropus wahlbergi Sundevall, 1846: 118 [Protonym]

Eponymy: J. Wahlberg [Sundevall, 1846: 118]

References

Primary references

• Sundevall, C. 1846. Nya Mammalia från Sydafrika. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens förhandlingar 3(5): 118–121. BHL Reference page. 

Distribution

• Cameroon to Sudan and Somalia, south to Malawi, Angola, and South Africa
• Pemba and Zanzibar Islands

Vernacular names

English: Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat

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