Authority citation: Tomes, R.F. 1860-05. A monograph of the genus Epomophorus, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860(1):42-58.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866556
Original name as described: Epomophorus franqueti
Nominal names: franqueti (Tomes, 1860) | comptus (H. Allen, 1861) | strepitans Andersen, 1910
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Pteropodidae -- Subfamily: Rousettinae -- Tribe: Epomophorini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: MNHN-ZM-MO-1852-257 (= MNHN ? A 107) (= MNHN AC A 6767)
Type locality: "Gabon."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Cote d'Ivoire | Ghana (GHA) | Togo (TGO) | Benin (BEN) | Nigeria (NGA) | Cameroon (CMR) | Central African Republic (CAF) | South Sudan (SSD) | Uganda (UGA) | Equatorial Guinea (GNQ) | Gabon (GAB) | Republic of the Congo (COG) | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | Angola (AGO) | Zambia (ZMB) | Tanzania (TZA)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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