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Taxon: Species Epomophorus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835) - Gambian epauletted fruit bat (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Ogilby, 1835:100.
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Types

Type of: Epomophorus gambianus species group Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 322. [inferred]
Type, by original designation, of: Epomophorus (Genus) Bennett, 1836
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Epomophorus gambianus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835) Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 322. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Epomophorus crypturus Peters, 1852 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 45.
Synonymous name: Epomophorus pousarguesi Trouessart, 1904 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 45.
Synonymous name: Epomophorus reii Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 45.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: Gambian epauletted fruit bat Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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