Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats Genus Epomophorus Bennett, 1836 - epauletted fruit bats Epomophorus gambianus species group Epomophorus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835) - Gambian epauletted fruit bat [Epomophorus gambianus gambianus] (Ogilby, 1835)