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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 .
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The spotted-winged fruit bat (Balionycteris maculata) The straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) The long-tongued fruit bat (Macroglossus sobrinus) Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi) The family Pteropodidae is divided into six subfamilies represented by 46 genera: [2] [18] Family Pteropodidae. subfamily Cynopterinae [18]
The bat is present in a number of protected areas where it should receive protection. It is an adaptable species in that, if its main food sources are lost, it is able to change to other sources although it seems to prefer the fruit of native trees to those of introduced species.
Lagos bat lyssavirus, formerly Lagos bat virus (LBV) is a Lyssavirus of southern and central Africa that causes a rabies-like illness in mammals. It was first isolated from a fruit bat ( Eidolon helvum ) from Lagos Island , Nigeria in 1956. [ 1 ]
In 2009, RNA sequences of three novel viruses in phylogenetic relationship to known henipaviruses were detected in African straw-colored fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) in Ghana. The finding of these novel henipaviruses outside Australia and Asia indicates that the region of potential endemicity of henipaviruses may be worldwide. [9]
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