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Epomophorus

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Epomophorus (epauletted bat) is a genus of bat in the family Pteropodidae. They have a distribution throughout Africa.

Species

Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderChiroptera
  5. FamilyPteropodidae
Observations417
Observations recorded17,818

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
241
With media
9
Family
Pteropodidae
Collections
ROM, YPM, USNM, FMNH, LACM
Recorded in
Zimbabwe, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, Mozambique, Tanzania

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Epomophorus (epauletted bat) is a genus of bat in the family Pteropodidae. They have a distribution throughout Africa.

==Species== Epomophorus contains the following species: Angolan epauletted fruit bat, Epomophorus angolensis Ansell's epauletted fruit bat, Epomophorus anselli Peters's epauletted fruit bat, Epomophorus crypturus Dobson's epauletted fruit bat, Epomophorus dobsonii 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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Epomophorus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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