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 Epomophorus crypturus Peters 1852 Epomophorus crypturus Peters 1852 , Naturwiss. Reise Mossambique, Saugeth.: 26 . Type Locality: Mozambique , Tete . Vernacular Names: Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat . Distribution: Zambia , Tanzania , SE Dem. Rep. Congo , Mozambique , Malawi , Zimbabwe , Botswana , Namibia , South Africa . Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened as Epomophorus gambianus crypturus . IUCN 2003 – Not listed. Discussion: Often included in gambianus (e.g., Bergmans, 1988, 1997), but see Claessen and De Vree (1990) . Genetic studies and more collecting in the gap between the ranges of crypturus and gambianus may be necessary to more completely resolve the relationship of these taxa.