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Suborder Pteropodiformes

Family Pteropodidae (pteropodids)

Species

African straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum)
IUCN conservation status

Near threatened
Population trend

Decreasing
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Angolan epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus angolensis)
IUCN conservation status

Near threatened
Population trend

Decreasing
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Ansell's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus anselli)
IUCN conservation status

Data deficient
Population trend

Unknown
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Peters's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus crypturus)
IUCN conservation status

Least concern
Population trend

Unknown
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Sanborn’s / Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus grandis)
IUCN conservation status

Data deficient


Population trend

Unknown
Webite resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Little / Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus labiatus)
IUCN conservation status

Least concern
Population trend

Stable
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi)
IUCN conservation status

Least concern
Population trend

Stable
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Dobson's epauletted fruit bat (Epomops dobsonii)
IUCN conservation status

Least concern
Population trend

Stable
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Franquet's epauletted fruit bat (Epomops franqueti)
IUCN conservation status

Least concern
Population trend

Stable
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Arkive
Hammer-headed fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus)
IUCN conservation status

Least concern
Population trend

Unknown
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Arkive
Angolan soft furred fruit bat/Angolan rousette (Lissonycteris angolensis)
IUCN conservation status

Least concern
Population trend

Decreasing
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Arkive
Woermann's long-tongued fruit bat (Megaloglossus woermanni)
IUCN conservation status

Least concern
Population trend

Stable
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Hayman's lesser epauletted fruit bat (Micropteropus intermedius)
IUCN conservation status

Data deficient
Population trend

Unknown
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist

Peters's lesser epauletted fruit bat (Micropteropus pusillus)
IUCN conservation status

Least concern
Population trend

Stable
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Bergmans's collared fruit bat (Myonycteris relicta)
IUCN conservation status

Vulnerable
Population trend

Decreasing
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Arkive
Little collared fruit bat (Myonycteris torquata)
IUCN conservation status

Least concern
Population trend

Stable
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Anchieta's broad-faced fruit bat (Plerotes anchietae)
IUCN conservation status

Data deficient
Population trend

Unknown
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Egyptian rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
IUCN conservation status

Least concern
Population trend

Stable
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist
Arkive
Long-hared rousette (Rousettus lanosus)
IUCN conservation status

Least concern
Population trend

Decreasing
Website resources
IUCN
iNaturalist

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  • Why bats
    • Bats and ecosystems
    • Threats to bats
    • Bats of southern Africa
  • About us
    • Our story
    • Our strategy
    • Our colony
    • Our Partners and Sponsors
    • Jobs / Volunteer
  • Our work
    • Applied research
    • Capacity strengthening >
      • Early Career Training
      • Bat Group Training
    • Conservation action >
      • Fruit bat monitoring in Malawi
      • Copperbelt Bats Project
    • Engagement and education
    • Events & Training >
      • Webinars
      • Past events
  • Our impact
  • GET INVOLVED
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    • Kids Zone >
      • Classroom without Walls
    • Shop