Where does the Straw-coloured fruit bat live?

Eidolon helvum has 3,718 records in 42 countries and territories, from 1839 to 2026. Most records come from Benin.

3,718 records
42 places
83 years recorded
Mammalia class

AnimaliaChordataMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeEidolon

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
Benin	1,577
Ghana	211
Cameroon	153
Rwanda	135
Burkina Faso	133
DR Congo	131
Nigeria	129
Côte d'Ivoire	127
Tanzania	119
Zambia	114
Equatorial Guinea	113
Uganda	106
Kenya	97
Senegal	63
Togo	47
Burundi	40
Mozambique	38
Niger	37
Malawi	36
São Tomé & Príncipe	33
Gabon	29
Gambia	27
Sierra Leone	27
Congo	24
Mali	22
Sudan	19
Liberia	17
Guinea	16
South Africa	14
Mauritania	13
Central African Republic	12
Ethiopia	12
Namibia	11
South Sudan	8
Yemen	7
Chad	6
Guinea-Bissau	5
United States	5
Zimbabwe	2
Angola	1

Showing the top 40 of 42 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Pteropodidae.

Southern Blossom Bat

4,515 records

Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat

3,514 records

Indian Flying Fox

3,479 records

Lesser Epauletted Fruit Bat

1,821 records

Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat

1,582 records

Seychelles Flying Fox

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.