Epomophorus wahlbergi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	PTEROPODIDAE

Scientific Name:

Epomophorus wahlbergi

Species Authority:

(Sundevall, 1846)

Common Name/s:

English

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Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.M. & Bergmans, W.

Reviewer/s:

Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Cox, N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category

History:

2004	–	Least Concern
1996	–	Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in Central Africa, East Africa and southern Africa (it is broadly distributed across southern Africa). It has been recorded from Cameroon (Aellen 1952), Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni), Gabon, Congo and Angola in the west, through southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, being distributed in East Africa from Uganda, Kenya and southern Somalia in the north, through Tanzania (including the island of Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique into Zimbabwe, eastern and southern South Africa and Swaziland. There is a need to confirm the presence of this species in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. It ranges from sea level to around 2,000 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Angola; Botswana; Burundi; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Gabon; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Rwanda; Somalia; South Africa; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe Presence uncertain: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea
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Population [top]

Population:	Common.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	mosaics of these habitat types. It appears to be largely absent from densely forested areas, but has been recorded from mangrove and riverine forest with fruiting trees. Roosting sites are often under the canopy of trees, in thick foliage, with animals sometimes present in considerable numbers. The species is somewhat adaptable to habitat modification, with populations recorded from well wooded urban and suburban areas, where it is associated with fruit-bearing trees. Animals occasionally roost in man-made structures.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

mosaics of these habitat types. It appears to be largely absent from densely forested areas, but has been recorded from mangrove and riverine forest with fruiting trees. Roosting sites are often under the canopy of trees, in thick foliage, with animals sometimes present in considerable numbers. The species is somewhat adaptable to habitat modification, with populations recorded from well wooded urban and suburban areas, where it is associated with fruit-bearing trees. Animals occasionally roost in man-made structures.

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There appear to be no major threats to this species as a whole.

Major Threat(s):

There appear to be no major threats to this species as a whole.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is present in many protected areas. No direct conservation measures are currently needed for this species as a whole.

Conservation Actions:

It is present in many protected areas. No direct conservation measures are currently needed for this species as a whole.

Citation:	Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.M. & Bergmans, W. 2008. Epomophorus wahlbergi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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