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MammalMAP:   1516
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2832CA
Observer:   Oschadleus HD; Thinus Rautenbach
Date of record:   2012-02-07
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   fruit bat roosting in tree, with young under left folded wing
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   168199
Species name:   Epomophorus sp.
Common name:   Epauletted Fruit Bats
Family:   Pteropodidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-1516
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1516 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1516 - photo: 2
VM-number: 1516 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2012-02-24 06:18:27
Species name:   Epomophorus wahlbergi -- Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Species code:   168290
Comment number:   2
By:   Julio Balona
Comment:   Probably Wahlberg's, but possibly Peters' s epauletted fruit bat.
Date:   2014-10-04 19:26:48
Species name:   Epomophorus sp. -- Epauletted Fruit Bats
Species code:   168199

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