3,166 observationsNear Threatened
Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
Eidolon helvum
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Chordata ›Class: Mammalia ›Order: Chiroptera ›Family: Pteropodidae ›Genus: Eidolon
About
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. They have recently been classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List due to a decreasing population trend. Straw-coloured fruit bats travel in massive colonies of at least 100,000 bats and sometimes...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of Straw-coloured Fruit Bat is Eidolon helvum.
- The Straw-coloured Fruit Bat has a conservation status of Near Threatened.
- Straw-coloured Fruit Bat belongs to the kingdom Animalia.
- Straw-coloured Fruit Bat belongs to the phylum Chordata.
- Straw-coloured Fruit Bat belongs to the class Mammalia.
- Straw-coloured Fruit Bat belongs to the order Chiroptera.
- Straw-coloured Fruit Bat belongs to the family Pteropodidae.
- Straw-coloured Fruit Bat belongs to the genus Eidolon.