Noteworthy extensions of known ranges of three African fruit bat species (Mammalia, Megachiroptera)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1982
Authors:W. Bergmans
Journal:Bull. zool. Mus. Univ. Amsterdam
Volume:8
Pagination:157-163
Date Published:1982
Keywords:Africa, Central African Republic, Chiroptera, Epomops buettikoferi, Faunistik, Mammalia, morphology, Nanonycteris veldkampii, Nigeria, Pteropodidae, Rousettus lanosus, Sudan, systematics, taxonomy, zoogeography
Abstract:

True Nanonycteris veldkampii (Jentink, 1888) is recorded from the Central African Republic for the first time. The disputed occurrence of Epomops buettikoferi (Matschie, 1899) in Nigeria is confirmed. Rousettus lanosus Thomas, 1906, is added to the faunal list of Sudan.

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