Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 313 350 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Epomops buettikoferi Matschie 1899 Epomops buettikoferi Matschie 1899 , Megachiroptera Berlin Mus .: 45 . Type Locality: Liberia , Junk River, Schlieffelinsville. Vernacular Names: Buttikofer's Epauletted Fruit Bat . Distribution: Guinea to Nigeria . Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Vulnerable; IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable.