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SPECIES Epomops dobsonii
| Author: | Bocage, 1889. | | Citation: | J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, ser. 2, 1: 1. | | Common Name: | Dobson’s Epauletted Fruit Bat | | Type Locality: | Angola, Benguela, Quindumbo. | | Distribution: | Angola to Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, and N Botswana. | | Status: | IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Neotype designated by Bergmans (1989). Distribution mapped by Taylor (2000a). This name has sometimes been spelled dobsoni (e.g., Koopman, 1993) but the original spelling is with a double "I". |
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