Dobson's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus dobsonii Bocage, 1889
Also calledDobson-Epaulettenflughund (deu) · Dobsons Epaulettenflughund (deu) · Epoletnik śpiewający (pol) · Epomophore de Dobson (fra) · Pipistrello della frutta dalle spalline di Dobson (ita) · kaloň Dobsonův (ces) · tansanianepolettihekko (fin) · Épomophore de Dobson (fra) · Эполетовый крылан Добсона (rus) · ドブソンオナシケンショウコウモリ (jpn)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. Dobson’s Epauletted Fruit Bats are nocturnal.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Zambezian Woodland biotic zone, mainly in wetter miombo woodland, secondary Acacia (Fabaceae) wooded grassland, and Afromontane vegetation from sea level up to elevations of 1890 m.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Pteropodidae
breeding
Breeding. Litter size of Dobson’s Epauletted Fruit Bat is one or two, with twins being frequent. Three females were pregnant or lactating at the end of August in Angola. In Zambia, young were caught in September — November.
Pteropodidae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Epomophorus dobsonii in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 8078553.