Nanonycteris veldkampii

(Jentink, 1888)

Veldkamp's Epauletted Fruit Bat

Also as Veldkamp's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat. Probably USNM 411801.
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Location:Ghana, Greater Accra region, Accra Metropolis district, Legon, University of Ghana, Botanical GardensDate taken:24 July 1967Description:Also as Veldkamp's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat. Probably USNM 411801.

Distribution :

Guinea to Central African Republic.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6036

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Jentink, F.A. 1888. Zoological researches in Liberia. A list of mammals, collected by J. Büttikofer, C. F. Sala and F. X. Stampfli, with biological observations. Notes from the Leyden Museum 10:1-58.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9622362

Original name as described

Epomophorus veldkampii

Other common names

Veldkamp's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.20400

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20400.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20400.b

Type locality

"Buluma, Fisherman Lake, " Liberia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Benin · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Guinea · Liberia · Nigeria · Sierra Leone · Togo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004530

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Epomophorus veldkampii

Jentink, 1888

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

veldkampii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.20400

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Buluma, Fisherman Lake

Type locality

Liberia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20400.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20400.b

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9622362

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)

Epomophorus veldkampi:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

veldkampi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422844

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Nanonycteris veldkampi:

G. M. Allen & Coolidge, 1930

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

veldkampi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

574

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248248

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

Allen & Coolidge (1930:574, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Eisentraut (1963:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Koopman (1993:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre (2002:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69924)

Nanonycteris veldkampii:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

veldkampii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782089

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1991:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Fahr, Djossa & Vierhaus (2006:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1766)
Happold & Happold (2013:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Weber, Wistuba, Astrin & Decher (2019:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73107)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14333/22043635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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