Epomophorus gambianus Ogilby 1835 Epomophorus gambianus Ogilby 1835, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1835: 100. Type Locality: Gambia, Banjul (restricted by Kock et al., 2002). Vernacular Names: Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat. Subspecies:: Subspecies Epomophorus gambianus subsp. gambianus Ogilby 1835 Subspecies Epomophorus gambianus subsp. pousarguesi Trouessart 1904 Distribution: Senegal and Gambia to Central African Republic, east to Sudan, Ethiopia, S to Malawi and Botswana. Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: gambianus species group. Does not include crypturus and angolensis; see Claessen and De Vree (1990). See Boulay and Robbins (1989), but note that they included crypturus and angolensis in gambianus.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, pp. 313-350 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 322, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519