Epomophorus labiatus

(Temminck, 1837)

Little Epauletted Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily: Pteropodoidea
Family: Pteropodidae
Subfamily: Epomophorinae
Tribe: Epomophorini
Genus: Epomophorus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1837. Livraison 2. Pp. 49–140 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temmgoog

Original name as described

Pteropus labiatus

Other common names

Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.27342

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27342.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27342.b

Type locality

Sudan, "Abyssinia." Restricted by W. Bergmans in 1988 to Sennar, Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Burundi · Chad · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Saudi Arabia · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda · Yemen

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004523

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 10 names and synonyms.

Pteropus labiatus

Temminck, 1837

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

labiatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.27342

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Abyssinie

Type locality

Sudan: 13°35′N, 33°40′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27342.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27342.b

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Lesson (1842:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Heuglin (1877:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Pteropus schoënsis

Rüppell, 1842

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

schoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4370

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

es ward mir aus dem Reiche Schoa, südlich von Abyssinien, zugeschickt.

Type locality

Ethiopia.

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886794

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Epomophorus anurus

von Heuglin, 1864

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

anurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 609, SMNS 1090, SMNS 1091

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Die Art ist nicht sehr selten in Bongo

Type locality

South Sudan.

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45611095

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Dollman (1914:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
Allen (1939:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre (2002:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69924)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Epomophorus labiatus:

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

labiatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Trouessart (1897:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
Trouessart (1904:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1939:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
Koopman (1975:364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35441)
Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
Corbet & Hill (1991:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
Happold & Happold (2013:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Almeida, Simmons & Giannini (2020:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60549664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49061)
Benda, Uvizl, Mazoch, Šklíba & Červený (2022:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62780)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84457881/22122505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Epomophorus Schœnsis:

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

schoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Trouessart (1904:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Pteropus (Epomophorus) anurus:

von Heuglin, 1877

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

anurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876401

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Pteropus (Epomophorus) schovanus:

von Heuglin, 1877

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

schovanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876399

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Epomophorus doriae

Matschie, 1899

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

doriae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 5384, ZMB 10079

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Hab. Küste des Rothen Meeres in der Erythraea.

Type locality

Eritrea.

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099114

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Epomophorus labiatus labiatus:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

labiatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782086

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
Koopman (1994:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Epomophorus labiatus anurus:

Largen, Kock, & Yalden, 1974

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

anurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority publication

Monitore Zoologico Italiano

Name usages

Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)

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