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MammalMAP:   20294
Province:   Katanga
Country:   Congo (DRC)
Locus:   0928DA
Observer:   de Cauwer R
Date of record:   2016-11-28
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   The fruit bats are back by the hundreds. Unfortunately they hassled ALL day by the locals for bush meat and being shot with catapults, what a shame!
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   168090
Species name:   Eidolon helvum
Common name:   African Straw-colored Fruit Bat
Family:   Pteropodidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   fruit bats
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-20294
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 20294 - photo: 1
VM-number: 20294 - photo: 2
VM-number: 20294 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2017-01-02 16:18:30
Species name:   Eidolon helvum -- African Straw-colored Fruit Bat
Species code:   168090

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