Eidolon helvum (Straw-coloured fruit bat)

Yellow fruit bat, giant fruit bat [English]; vrugtevlermuis [Afrikaans]

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Eidolon helvum, (Straw-coloured fruit bat), Gambia. [photo Martin Goodey ©]