Micropteropus pusillus (Peters 1867)

[Epomophorus] pusillus Peters 1867, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1867: 870.

Type Locality: Nigeria, Yoruba (see Bergmans [1989] and Kock et al. [2002]).

Vernacular Names: Peters's Lesser Epauletted Fruit Bat.

Distribution: Senegal and Gambia east to Ethiopia and Sudan; south to Angola, Zambia, Burundi, and Tanzania.

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Owen-Ashley and Wilson (1998). For discussion of publication date, see Kock et al. (2002).