Epomophorus wahlbergi

(Sundevall, 1847)

Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat

Ventral view of bat roosting in tree
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Location:South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Ndumu Game ReserveDate taken:Jan 1, 1974

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 036

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

Sundevall, C.J. 1847. Nya Mammalia från Sydafrika. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3:118-121.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2581775

Original name as described

Pteropus Wahlbergi

Type material

NHRM 1040

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

near Port Natal (= Durban), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon? · Equatorial Guinea? · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Somalia · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Zambia · Angola · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Namibia? · South Africa · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004526

Country distribution map

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KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 11 names and synonyms.

Pteropus Haldemani

(Halowell, 1846)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

haldemani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1229

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

356

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319656

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pteropus Wahlbergi

(Sundevall, 1847)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

wahlbergi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM 1040

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2581775

Authority publication

Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar

Epomophorus macrocephalus var. unicolor

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

unicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1864.1.9.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b383c14-8c24-4584-8674-2533069cf03c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b383c14-8c24-4584-8674-2533069cf03c/1677110400000

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994642

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Epomophorus neumanni

Matschie, 1899

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

neumanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 9967

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099110

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Epomophorus stuhlmanni

Matschie, 1899

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

stuhlmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 9982, ZMB 9983

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099110

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Epomophorus zenkeri

Matschie, 1899

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

zenkeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 9974, ZMB 9975

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099106

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Epomophorus wahlbergi

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

wahlbergi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422842

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Roberts (1913:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Kershaw (1923:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
  4. Allen (1939:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  5. Hill & Carter (1941:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  6. Hayman (1963:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
  7. Eisentraut (1963:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
  11. Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
  12. Corbet & Hill (1991:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  13. Koopman (1993:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  14. Koopman (1994:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  15. Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre (2002:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69924)
  16. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  17. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  18. Happold & Happold (2013:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  21. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  22. Almeida, Simmons & Giannini (2020:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60549664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49061)
  23. Benda, Uvizl, Mazoch, Šklíba & Červený (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62780)
  24. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  25. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7906/22116891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Epomophorus wahlbergi haldemani

P. S. Kershaw, 1923

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

haldemani

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

  1. Kershaw (1923:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
  2. Allen (1939:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  3. Hill & Carter (1941:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  4. Hayman (1963:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
  5. Eisentraut (1963:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  6. Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)

Epomophorus wahlbergii

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

wahlbergii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

46

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

Epomophorus wahlbergii wahlbergii

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

wahlbergii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

46

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

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