African Straw-Colored Fruit Bat
Eidolon helvum
Also known as: Straw-Colored Fruit Bat, Pale Xantharpy, Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat, African Straw-Coloured Fruit-Bat, Straw-Colored Flying Fox
Habitat
Canopy
Diet
FruiNect
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
253 g
NTMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidae
Seasonal Activity
2,669 sightings · 2001–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
Traits
- Diet
- FruiNect
- Foraging
- Canopy
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 253 g
Photo
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Occurrence data from GBIF.