Epomops buettikoferi (Matschie, 1899)

Epomophorus büttikoferi Matschie, 1899: 45 .

COMMON NAME. — Büttikofer’s Epauletted Fruit Bat; EWE: Aguto.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Apesokubi • 1 adult ♀ with a 53 mm long embryo; 27.VIII.2001; SMF 92116 .

REMARK

Essentially an Upper Guinea forest species with some disjunct populations east of the Dahomey Gap in Nigeria (Bergmans 1989; Thomas & Henry 2013). All previous Ghanaian specimens were from the rainforest zone in SW Ghana west of the Volta River (Bergmans 1989; Grubb et al. 1998). Thus, our specimen is the first record east of the Volta in Ghana.

CONSERVATION STATUS. — Epomops buettikoferi is listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List.