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Eidolon (bat)

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Eidolon
Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Subfamily: Eidolinae
Genus: Eidolon
Rafinesque, 1815
Type species
Vespertilio vampirus helvus
Kerr, 1792
Species

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Eidolon (known as the palm bat) is a genus of megabats in the family Pteropodidae.[1] It contains two species:

References

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  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.