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MammalMAP:   18074
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2824DD
Observer:   Kraft W.W.
Date of record:   2016-05-09
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   The bat was caught up in an electric fence next to a paw paw tree
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 bat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-18074
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 18074 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Beryl Wilson
Comment:   Specimen accepted by McGregor Museum
Date:   2016-05-24 16:56:36
Species name:   Eidolon helvum -- African Straw-colored Fruit Bat
Species code:   168090

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