Straw-colored Fruit Bat
Eidolon helvum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyPteropodidae (Old World Fruit Bats)
- GenusEidolon (Straw-coloured Fruit Bats)
- SpeciesEidolon helvum (Straw-colored Fruit Bat)
Closest Relatives at Kruger National Park
Egyptian Rousette
Rousettus aegyptiacus
Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus wahlbergi
Mauritian Tomb Bat
Taphozous mauritianus
Egyptian Slit-faced Bat
Nycteris thebaica
Sundevall's roundleaf bat
Hipposideros caffer
African Yellow Bat
Scotophilus dinganii
Egyptian Free-tailed Bat
Tadarida aegyptiaca
Rendall's serotine
Pseudoromicia rendalli
Striped Leaf-nosed Bat
Macronycteris vittatus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Straw-colored Fruit Bat at Kruger National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |