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Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom vol.1 1 p.xvii, 91

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Chiroptera
family
Pteropodidae
genus
Eidolon
species
Eidolon helvum

Name

Homonyms
Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792)
Common names
African Straw-colored Fruit Bat in English
African Straw-colored Fruit Bat in English
African Straw-colored Fruit Bat in English
African Straw-colored Fruit Bat in English
Eidolon de Africa in English
Pale Xantharpy in English
Palmenflughund in English
Roussette-paillée dAfrique in English
Straw-colored Flying Fox in English
Straw-colored Fruit Bat in English
Straw-colored Fruit Bat in language.
Straw-colored fruit bat in English
Straw-coloured fruit bat in English
straw-colored fruit bat in language.
straw-colored fruit bat in English
straw-colored fruit bat in English
African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat in English
Pale Xantharpy in English
Straw-coloured Flying Fox in English
Straw-coloured Fruit Bat in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Chiroptera. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 312-529.
  2. Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2019: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats. 1008.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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