Record details

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:   41609
Province:   Luapula Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1230CB
Observer:   Brett Lewis
Date of record:   2022-11-30
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Straw Coloured Bats
Last updated:   2022-12-01 09:48:00
Sp. code:   168090
Species name:   Eidolon helvum
Common name:   African Straw-colored Fruit Bat
Family:   Pteropodidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:  
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-41609
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Looks like an African Hawk Eagle preying on the bats. Counting Africa's largest bat colony with AI: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-africa-largest-colony-ai.html
Date:   2022-12-01 09:48:00
Species name:   Eidolon helvum -- African Straw-colored Fruit Bat
Species code:   168090

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