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Epomops franqueti
Order: Chiroptera > Family: Pteropodidae > Genus: Epomops > Species: Epomops franqueti
Common Name: Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat [English]
Type Description
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860:54.
Type Locality
Gabon.
Measurements
Head and body: 140-178 mm
Forearm Length: 86-100 mm
Weight: 78-158 g
Forearm Length: 86-100 mm
Weight: 78-158 g
Description
Although these bats have muzzles that are blunter than the similar Epomophorus, they are best identified by the nature of the posterior palatal ridges in the soft palate of the mouth.
Distribution
Epomops franqueti is a typical lowland forest dweller that is distributed from Liberia in the west to Uganda and northern Tanzania in the east down through to Angola in the south. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Insectivores and Bats). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2A:162-165.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 117.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:258-260, 280-281.
4. Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera, pp. 312-529. In Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
5. 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.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 117.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:258-260, 280-281.
4. Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera, pp. 312-529. In Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
5. 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.