Epomops franqueti (Tomes, 1860)

Cakenberghe, Victor Van, Tungaluna, Guy-Crispin Gembu, Akawa, Prescott Musaba, Seamark, Ernest & Verheyen, Erik, 2017, The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi revisited (Mammalia: Chiroptera), European Journal of Taxonomy 382 (382), pp. 1-327 : 16

Epomops franqueti (Tomes, 1860)

Fig. 5 E–F

Epomophorus franqueti Tomes, 1860: 54 .

* Epomops franqueti franqueti (Tomes, 1860) .

Bergmans (1989: 113) could not find any differences between E. f. franqueti and the West African E. f. strepitans K. Andersen, 1910 and considered the latter as a synonym of the nominate form.

Hayman et al. (1966: 24, map 10) provided records from all over the DRC, with the exception of the former Katanga Province. From that province, we report one specimen: RMCA 10514 from Mulongo, in the current Tanganyika Province. The Pan-African distribution of the species indicates that is primarily a forest species, but with some occurrences in savanna areas.

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Fig. 5. Distribution maps. A–B. Epomophorus wahlbergi (Sundevall, 1846). C–D. Epomops dobsonii (Bocage, 1889). E–F. Epomops franqueti (Tomes, 1860). A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.