Species Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) (Straw-coloured fruit bat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Chiroptera
  • ---- family: Pteropodidae
  • ----- species: Eidolon helvum
Characteristics:herbivore; length: 19cm, wingspan: 75cm; dog-like face; yellowish fur with no obvious markings; black wings;
Countries:

MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0116
KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
AT1202
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
AT1315
Namib desert
AT1322
Succulent Karoo
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 46
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/24840761
Date: 2013-06-04
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/24798819
Date: 2012-10-16
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Comments: feeding on Cola cordifolia
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
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