Angolan epauletted fruit bat

Angolan epauletted fruit bat
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Epomophorus
Species:	E. angolensis
Binomial name
	Epomophorus angolensis; Gray, 1870
	Angolan epauletted fruit bat range

The Angolan epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus angolensis) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Angola and Namibia. Its natural habitat is savanna.

Taxonomy and etymology

It was

species name "angolensis" is Latin

for "Angolan."

Range and status

It is found only in

IUCN.^[1]

Sources

^
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T7901A22122903.en
. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

^ ^a ^b Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British Museum. Order of the Trustees. p. 125.
^ "Epomophorus macrocephalus angolensis Gray, 1870". ITIS. US Federal Government. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

[iucn_status_15_November_2021-1] 
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T7901A22122903.en
. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

[Gray_1870-2] Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British Museum. Order of the Trustees. p. 125.

[itis-3] "Epomophorus macrocephalus angolensis Gray, 1870". ITIS. US Federal Government. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

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