Epomophorus pusillus

W. C. H. Peters, 1868

Lesser Epauletted Fruit Bat

Formerly Micropterus pusillus. Also as Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat, Peters's Lesser Epauletted Fruit Bat.
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Location:Gabon, Ogooué-Ivindo province, Lope National Park, Lope HotelDate taken:Aug 17, 2018Description:Formerly Micropterus pusillus. Also as Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat, Peters's Lesser Epauletted Fruit Bat.

Distribution :

Senegal and Gambia east to Ethiopia and Sudan; south to Angola, Zambia, Burundi, and Tanzania.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5531

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

Peters, W.C.H. 1868. Fortsetzung und den Schluss einer Übersicht der Flederhunde. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867:865-872.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36511169

Original name as described

Epomophorus pusillus

Other common names

Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat · Peters's Lesser Epauletted Fruit Bat

Type material

ZMB 3438

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Westafrika [= West Africa], Gambia, Gabon, Yoruba." Restricted by W. Bergmans in 1989 to Yoruba [= Yorubaland], Nigeria.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Benin · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Liberia · Mali · Niger · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Senegal · Sierra Leone · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Togo · Uganda · Zambia

Distribution references

Monadjem, A., Taylor, P.J., Cotterill, F.P.D. and Schoeman, M.C. 2020. Bats of Southern and Central Africa. 2nd Edition. A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis. Wits University Press, Johannesburg, 714 pp. doi:10.18772/22020085829

Taxonomy notes

moved from Micropteropus to Epomophorus

Taxonomy notes citation

Almeida, F.C., Simmons, N.B. and Giannini, N.P. 2020. A species-level phylogeny of Old World fruit bats with a new higher-level classification of the family Pteropodidae. American Museum Novitates 3950:1-24. doi:10.1206/3950.1

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004525

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Epomophorus pusillus

W. C. H. Peters, 1868

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3438

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Yoruba

Type locality

Nigeria.

Authority page

870

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36511169

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Bocage (1889:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67736)
Thomas (1890:446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31014647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35263)
Trouessart (1897:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
Seabra (1898:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3416509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68459)
Thomas (1904:406, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)
Trouessart (1904:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1911:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72620)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:100) (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)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13402/166518027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Epomops pusillus:

A. T. de Rochebrune, 1883

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187545

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux

Name usages

Rochebrune (1883:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)

Micropteropus pusillus:

P. S. Kershaw, 1923

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989859

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Kershaw (1923:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
Allen & Coolidge (1930:574, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Hayman (1936:918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782088) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hill & Carter (1941:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
Hayman (1963:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
Eisentraut (1963:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
Koopman (1975:365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35441)
Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:117, 118) (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 (1993:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Kock, Barnett, Fahr & Ems (2002:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49394)
Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre (2002:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69924)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Fahr, Djossa & Vierhaus (2006:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1766)
Happold & Happold (2013:270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Decher, Hoffmann, Schaer, Norris, Kadjo, Astrin, Monadjem & Hutterer (2015:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27973)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Weber, Wistuba, Astrin & Decher (2019:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73107)

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