STRAW COLORED FRUIT BATEidolon helvumMammalOrder ChiropteraDescription Head and body length is 6-8 inches; Tail: 0.15-0.78 inches. Wingspan: 30 inches max.. Weight: males and females 8-12 ounces. Color: yellowish brown above, and tawny olive or brownish below. Hairs on the neck, are longer and more wooly than those on the body. Males have cinnamon colored hairs on the glandular skin on the foreneck and sides of the neck which is less conspicuous in the females. Range Africa (Sw. Arabian peninsula, most of the forests and savanna zones of Africa south of the Sahara and Madagascar.) Status These animals are particularly vulnerable to habitat destruction. Photo by Greg Neise |
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