Species

Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat

Eidolon helvum

Straw-coloured Fruit Bat © Adobe Stock Images
Species

Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat

Eidolon helvum

Assessment Information
Listed on CMS Appendix II since:
IUCN Status:
Near threatened
Taxonomy
Class:
Order:
Family:

RELATED CONTENTS

Proposals for amendment of CMS Appendices
Title Number Date
Straw-coloured Fruit Bat - Eidolon helvum (African population) COP8 II/3a
Straw-coloured Fruit Bat - Eidolon helvum (African population) COP8 II/3b
Concerted Actions
Title Number Date
Concerted Action for the Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum) Concerted Action 14.2 (Rev.COP15)

Geographic range

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Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
São Tomé and Príncipe
Togo
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

News

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Statement by the Secretariats of CMS and EUROBATS - Protecting Bats during the 2026 Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: A Call for Evidence-Based Action
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PUBLICATIONS

Fact Sheet on Migrating Bats
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