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 minor Dobson 1879 Epomophorus minor Dobson 1879 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879: 715 . Type Locality: Zanzibar . Vernacular Names: Minor Epauletted Fruit Bat . Distribution: Ethiopia , Somalia , Sudan , Kenya , Rwanda , SE Dem. Rep. Congo , Zambia , Tanzania , Zanzibar , Uganda , Malawi . Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Not listed. Discussion: gambianus species group. Included in labiatus by some authors (e.g., Claessen and De Vree, 1991 ), but see Bergmans (1988, 1997).