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MammalMAP:   8902
Province:  
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1228DC
Observer:   Brink Bertie
Date of record:   2010-12-14
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   They arrive in the 1st week of Oct and by the end of the 1st week of January they are all gone. Roosting in Ndola, Kabinga street and in a good year their numbers must close to 500 000 if not more.
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:   Eidolon helvum: Straw-coloured fruit bat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-8902
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8902 - photo: 1
VM-number: 8902 - photo: 2
VM-number: 8902 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2014-03-10 14:02:53
Species name:   Eidolon helvum -- African Straw-colored Fruit Bat
Species code:   168090
Comment number:   2
By:   Julio Balona
Comment:  
Date:   2014-10-04 20:33:42
Species name:   Eidolon helvum -- African Straw-colored Fruit Bat
Species code:   168090

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