Epomops franqueti (Tomes, 1860)

Epomophorus franqueti Tomes, 1860: 54 .

COMMON NAME. — Franquet’s Epauletted Fruit Bat; EWE: Aguto.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Kalakpa Resouce Reserve • 1 ♀; SMF 89662). Agumatsa Valley • 2 ♀; SMF 89663, ZTNHC 959 .

REMARK

Although this is a mostly forest-dwelling fruit bat distributed from eastern Côte d’Ivoire into Central Africa (Happold 2013a), our specimen from Kalakpa Resource Reserve shows that it can cope with forest remnants and gallery forest in more savanna-dominated areas. Epomops franqueti was previously known in the Volta Region from Amedzofe, Bator, Leklebi Agbesia, and Odomi Jongo (Bergmans 1989).

CONSERVATION STATUS. — Epomops franqueti is listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List.