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SPECIES Epomops franqueti

Author:Tomes, 1860.
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860: 54.
Common Name:Franquet’s Epauletted Fruit Bat
Type Locality:Gabon.
Distribution:Côte d’Ivoire to Sudan, Uganda, NW Tanzania, N Zambia, and Angola. Previous reports of this species from Guinea are in error (J. Fahr, pers. comm.).
Status:IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Reviewed by Bergmans (1989). No subspecies are presently recognized.
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Synonyms:

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

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