''Epomophorus'' (epauletted bat) is a genus of
bat
Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...
in the family
Pteropodidae. They have a distribution throughout
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
.
Species
''Epomophorus'' contains the following species:
Genus ''Epomophorus''
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Angolan epauletted fruit bat, ''Epomophorus angolensis''
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Ansell's epauletted fruit bat, ''Epomophorus anselli''
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Peters's epauletted fruit bat, ''Epomophorus crypturus''
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Dobson's epauletted fruit bat, ''Epomophorus dobsonii''
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Gambian epauletted fruit bat, ''Epomophorus gambianus''
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Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat, ''Epomophorus grandis''
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Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat
The Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat (''Epomophorus labiatus'') is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Burundi, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique ...
, ''Epomophorus labiatus''
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East African epauletted fruit bat, ''Epomophorus minimus''
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Minor epauletted fruit bat, ''Epomophorus minor''
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Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat, ''Epomophorus wahlbergi''
References
Further reading
Taxonomy BrowserEncyclopedia of Life
Bat genera
Taxa named by Edward Turner Bennett
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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