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Epomophorus minimus  Claessen and De Vree, 1991
Taxonomic Serial No.: 631574

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s): East African epauletted fruit bat [English]
 
    Least Epauletted Fruit Bat [English]
 
  Valid Name: Epomophorus minor Dobson, 1880
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Don E. Wilson  
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Epomophorus minimus    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Almeida, Francisca Cunha, Nancy B. Simmons, and Norberto P. Giannini  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Species-level Phylogeny of Old World Fruit Bats with a New Higher-level Classification of the Family Pteropodidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Museum Novitates, no. 3950   
  Page(s): 1-24   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0003-0082   
  Notes: doi: 10.1206/3950.1   
  Reference for: Epomophorus minimus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hoffmann, Michael, Peter Grubb, Colin P. Groves, Rainer Hutterer, Erik van der Straeten, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: an update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 2205   
  Page(s): 1-36   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Online ISSN: 1175-5334; available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02205.html   
  Reference for: Epomophorus minimus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Chiroptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 312-529   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Epomophorus minimus, Least Epauletted Fruit Bat [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Epomophorus minimus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Epomophorus minimus, East African epauletted fruit bat [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: Described after completion of IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992); IUCN 2003 - Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: gambianus species group. Included in minor by Bergmans (1988), but see Claessen and De Vree (1991)  
 

 

   

 
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