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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFEEF60089B0320AFF5CF9B0" bold="true" box="[174,249,1558,1579]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">French:</emphasis>
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/
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/
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFEEF6008A0C324BFC0BF9E3" bold="true" box="[786,942,1623,1656]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C044D6FFFEEF6008ADF324BFCFDF93B" ID-CoL="7TKHK" authority="Bocage, 1889" authorityName="Bocage" authorityYear="1889" class="Mammalia" family="Pteropodidae" genus="Epomophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="100" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dobsonii">Epomophorus dobsonii Bocage, 1889</taxonomicName>
,
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Quindumbo,
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,
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C044D6FFFEEF6008A0D32D1FBE0F975" authorityName="Bocage" authorityYear="1889" box="[787,1093,1741,1774]" class="Mammalia" family="Pteropodidae" genus="Epomophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="100" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dobsonii">Epomophorus dobsonii</taxonomicName>
was included in
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but noted to have characteristics (e.g. strongly concave interdental palate, palatal ridges, and form of pterygoid wing in skull) that indicated it was closely related to typical
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, which was confirmed by phylogenetic analyses. Monotypic.
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFEEF60089B03C17FEFAF7B7" bold="true" box="[174,351,2059,2092]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">Distribution.</emphasis>
Patchily distributed in WC
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, SE
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, NW &amp; E
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, and
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, also in isolated localities in E &amp; S
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, N
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, and possibly
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. Records from
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and N
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might be dubious.
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFEEF60089B13C99FE15F739" bold="true" box="[175,432,2181,2210]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
Head-body
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(males) and
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(females), tail 0=
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, ear
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, hindfoot
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, forearm
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(males) and
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(females); weight
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(one male). Males average larger and darker on chest than females. Head is flat; muzzle is long and broad. Eyes are large;irises are chestnut-brown. Ears are dark brown, with anterior and posterior white ear patches. Adult males have white epaulettes, with 18-mm hairs. Dorsum is pale yellowish brown, fawn, or gray-brown, bleached in some individuals; hairs are grayish brown at bases and grayish brown to fawn at tips; and pelage is soft, slightly fluffy, and mid-dorsally c.
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, extending halfway along forearm. Venter is pale cinnamon-brown, with gray, pale brown, or creamy brown tinges; throat and belly are generally palest; and throat is dark gray-brown on adult males and grayish on females. Wings have claw on second digits, and membranes are dark brown, attaching to second toes. Skull with dorsal profile of rostrum is slightly convex; interorbital region is rather flat in lateral view; parietal region is deflected downward; zygomatic arches are sturdy; and post-dental palate strongly concave. There are five thick palatal ridges, of which two are post-dental having two triangular projections and behind them are 3—4 serrated thin ridges; and second ridge is incipiently subdivided, thus resembling typical
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with six thick ridges.
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFEEF60089AC3F5BFE84F4F3" bold="true" box="[178,289,2887,2920]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">Habitat.</emphasis>
Zambezian Woodland biotic zone, mainly in wetter miombo woodland, secondary
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wooded grassland, and Afromontane vegetation from sea level up to elevations of
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.
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFEEF60089AC3FA2FE1DF444" bold="true" box="[178,440,3006,3039]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
Dobsons Epauletted Fruit Bat is frugivorous and nectarivorous.
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFEEF60089AC3FF9FE9CF39D" bold="true" box="[178,313,3045,3078]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">Breeding.</emphasis>
Litter size of Dobsons Epauletted Fruit Bat is one or two, with twins being frequent. Three females were pregnant or lactating at the end of August in
<collectingCountry id="F313767CFFEEF6008DCA3811FA9EF3B5" box="[1236,1339,3085,3118]" name="Angola" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">Angola</collectingCountry>
. In
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, young were caught in September—November.
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<paragraph id="8BBB36ECFFEEF60089AF3840FB8EF3E6" blockId="42.[174,1386,2059,3475]" box="[177,1067,3164,3197]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">
<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFEEF60089AF3840FE38F3E6" bold="true" box="[177,413,3164,3197]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
Dobsons Epauletted Fruit Bats are nocturnal.
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFEEF60089AD389FFCD5F33F" bold="true" box="[179,880,3203,3236]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
No information.
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<subSubSection id="C31E6567FFEEF60089AA38B2FE06F2DF" pageId="42" pageNumber="100" type="conservation">
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFEEF60089AA38B2FDAAF350" bold="true" box="[180,527,3246,3275]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List (as
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). Dobsons Epauletted Fruit Bat has a wide distribution and large population. It is probably not declining fast enough to be assigned to a higher category. It faces no major threats.
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<paragraph id="8BBB36ECFFEEF60089AB3949FEEAF208" blockId="42.[174,1386,2059,3475]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">
<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFEEF60089AB3949FEE8F2F1" bold="true" box="[181,333,3413,3434]" pageId="42" pageNumber="100">Bibliography.</emphasis>
Almeida, FC. et al. (2016), Bergmans (1989), Happold, M. (2013h), Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010), Taylor (20164).
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