Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Megachiroptera
Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Pteropodinae
Tribus: Epomophorini
Genus: Epomophorus
Species: Epomophorus minor
Name
Epomophorus minor Dobson, 1879
Type locality: Zanzibar.
References
* Dobson. 1879. Proceedings of the Zool. Soc. London, 1879: 715.
Distribution
* Ethiopia
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Kenya
* Rwanda
* South-East Congo
* Zambia
* Tanzania
* Zanzibar
* Uganda
* Malawi
Vernacular names
English: Minor Epauletted Fruit Bat
The Minor Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomophorus minor) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family.[6][7][8][9] It is found in Zambia, Tanzania,[10] Mozambique and Kenya.[11]
References
1. ^ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=6481893
2. ^ http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=921001
3. ^ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=6632552
4. ^ http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=701379
5. ^ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=302407&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
6. ^ http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/14846763
7. ^ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=5816862
8. ^ http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=555934
9. ^ http://www.eol.org/pages/4438033
10. ^ http://www.fieldmuseum.org/tanzania/Species.asp?ID=137
11. ^ http://data.gbif.org/species/14846763
Further reading
* Notes on bats of Sudan.
* Mammals from Malawi, part 1.
* Bat salivary proteins segregate according to diet.
* Reports on the scientific results of an expedition to the southwestern highlands of Tanganyika Territory. ii. Mammals.
* Note Chirotterologiche.
* Bibliography for "Epomophorus minor"
* Systematic and taxonomic notes on the Epomophorus anurus-labiatus-minor complex with the description of a new species (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae).
* [Title unknown.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1879: Unpaginated. [Zoological Record Volume 16]
* Taxonomy and biogeography of African fruit bats (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). 1. General introduction; material and methods; results: the genus Epomophorus Bennett, 1836.
* Bergmans, W., 1988. Taxonomy and biogeography of African fruit bats (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). 1. General introduction; material and methods; results: the genus Epomophorus Bennett, 1836. Beaufortia 38, 75-146.
* Bergmans, W. 1997. Taxonomy and biogeography of African fruit bats (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). 5. The genera Lissonycteris Anderson, 1912, Myonycteris Matschie, 1899 and Megaloglossus Pagenstecher, 1885; general remarks and conclusions; annex: Key to all species. Beaufortia 47: 11-90.
* Boulay, M. C. and C. B. Robbins 1989. Epomophorus gambianus. Mammalian Species, 344:1-5.
* Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Insectivores and Bats). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2A:153-156.
* Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 115-116.
* Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:258-260, 281-282.
* Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.
* Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds.). 2005. Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Third ed. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:323.
* "Squirrel seen savaging fruit bat" at BBC Earth News
