Epomophorus minor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pteropodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Pteropodoidea

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

Epomophorus minor Dobson, 1879: 715

Holotype: BMNH 1879.9.12.4, subadult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by G.E. Dobson.
Type locality: “Zanzibar”, Tanzania.

Epomophorus minimus Claessen & De Vree, 1991: 216
- Holotype: SMF 44238, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skell removed, collected in May 1971.
- Type locality: “Bahadu, 10°05'–40°37'E, 600 m, Shewa Prov., Ethiopia”.

Dobson, G.E. 1880. Notes on some species of Chiroptera from Zanzibar, with descriptions of new and rare species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879(4): 715–719. BHL
Claessen, C.J. & De Vree, F. 1991. Systematic and taxonomic notes on the Epomophorus anurus-labiatus-minor complex with the description of a new species (Mammalia; Chiroptera; Pteropodidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 71: 209–238. Reference page.

Taylor, P. 2016. IUCN: Epomophorus minor (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T84458822A84458832. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T84458822A84458832.en. Accessed on 26 April 2024.