Epomops franqueti

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: 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: Epomops
Species: Epomops franqueti

Name

Epomops franqueti Tomes, 1860

Synonyms

comptus H. Allen, 1861 strepitans K. Andersen, 1910

Type locality: Gabon.

References

* Tomes. 1860. Proceedings of the Zool. Soc. London, 1860: 54.
* Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W., Fahr, J. & Juste, J. 2004. Epomops franqueti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Distribution

* Cote d'Ivoire to Sudan
* Uganda
* North-West Tanzania
* North Zambia
* Angola

Vernacular names
English: Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat

Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomops franqueti) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family.

It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and possibly Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and dry savanna.

Franquet's epauletted fruit bat is one of three species of African fruit bat found to be asymptomatically infected with the Ebola virus. It is not known whether these species are incidental hosts or a reservoir of Ebolavirus infection for humans and other terrestrial mammals.

References

* Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W., Fahr, J. & Juste, J. 2004. Epomops franqueti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.