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The straw-coloured fruit bat is the most widely distributed fruit bat in Africa, and perhaps the world. It appears mainly in Africa, mostly among the sub-Saharan climates, in many forest and savanna zones, and around the southwestern Arabian peninsula. It can also be found in urban areas and at altitudes up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft).
The Egyptian fruit bat is the only megabat whose range is mostly in the Palearctic realm; [113] it and the straw-colored fruit bat are the only species found in the Middle East. [113] [114] The northernmost extent of the Egyptian fruit bat's range is the northeastern Mediterranean. [113] In East Asia, megabats are found only in China and Japan.
Madagascan fruit bat (Eidolon dupreanum) Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) Subfamily Harpyionycterinae [10] [5] [11] Genus Aproteles [12] Bulmer's fruit bat (Aproteles bulmerae) Genus Boneia [10] Manado fruit bat (Boneia bidens) Genus Dobsonia [13] Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia anderseni) [14]
Straw-coloured fruit bat, Eidolon helvum; References This page was last edited on 30 April 2023, at 02:14 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
A new clade consisting solely of African fruit bats is supported by phylogenetic analysis, ... Straw-colored fruit bat. Subspecies: [31] E. h. helvum Kerr, 1792;
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Genus Eidolon — straw-coloured fruit bats Madagascan fruit bat, E. dupreanum; Straw-coloured fruit bat, E. helvum; Genus Mirimiri. Fijian monkey-faced bat, M. acrodonta; Genus Neopteryx. Small-toothed fruit bat, N. frosti; Genus Pteralopex - flying monkeys Bougainville monkey-faced bat, P. anceps; Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat, P. atrata
Examination of the droppings from the Madagascan fruit bat show that it mainly consumes fruit but also feeds on the flowers of Eucalyptus spp. It was found to fly as far as 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to reach trees of Polyscias spp. while largely neglecting the guava trees Psidium near its roost. Seeds smaller than about 7 mm (0.3 in) in diameter ...