Search :   Actual Scientific name : French name English name Eidolon helvum Roussette paillée africaine  Straw-coloured Fruit-bat  Epomophorus crypturus   Peter's Epauletted Fruit-bat  Epomophorus labiatus minor   Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit-bat  Epomophorus wahlbergi haldemani   Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit-bat  Epomops dobsonii   Dobson's Fruit-bat  Epomops franqueti   Franquet's epauletted fuit bat  Lissonycteris angolensis Roussette de l'Angola  Bocage's Fruit-bat  Micropteropus pusillus   Dwarf Epauletted Fruit-bat  Plerotes anchietae   Anchieta's Fruit-bat  Rousettus aegyptiacus leachi Roussette d'Egypte  Egyptian Fruit-bat  Warning : This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors. The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed. We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us. +  You are in : ROOT > Vertebrata (Vertebrates) > Mammalia (Mammals) > Chiroptera (Bats) > Pteropodidae (fruit bats) Design by McArnolds Group SA | Development and code by AMESIS SPRL