Epomophorus

Epomophorus
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Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus wahlbergi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Epomophorus Bennett, 1836
Species
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Epomophorus is a genus of bat in the family Pteropodidae. They have a distribution throughout Africa.

Species

Epomophorus contains the following species:

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

Further reading

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• 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.