African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat
Eidolon helvum
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
The straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) is a large fruit bat that is the most widely distributed of all the African megabats. It is quite common throughout its area ranging from the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, across forest and savanna zones of sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List due to a decreasing population trend.
La Roussette paillée africaine, Roussette jaune, ou encore Roussette des palmiers africaine (Eidolon helvum) est une espèce de grandes chauves-souris frugivore d'Afrique. Description C'est l'une des plus grandes espèces de chauves-souris frugivores. Les mâles sont légèrement plus gros que les femelles.
El panique de las palmeras (Eidolon helvum) es una especie de murciélago de la familia Pteropodidae, de un color amarillento y un collar anaranjado. Se encuentra en África, es una especie migratoria. Dieta Principalmente fruta, pero también flores y brotes.
Distribution
More from the same family
Sulawesi Fruit Bat
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PteropodidaeSunda Fruit Bat
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PteropodidaeSpotted-winged Fruit Bat
Balionycteris maculata
PteropodidaeLesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat
Cynopterus brachyotis
PteropodidaeHorsfield’s Fruit Bat
Cynopterus horsfieldii
PteropodidaePeters’s Fruit Bat
Cynopterus luzoniensis
PteropodidaeMinute Fruit Bat
Cynopterus minutus
Pteropodidae