| NOUN | an Egyptian fruit bat | Egyptian fruit bats |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Fruit bats are attracted to the fig trees along the Limpopo River banks, including tree roosting Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat and the cave dwelling Egyptian fruit bat.
- The Egyptian fruit bat is a highly social species, usually living in colonies with thousands of other bats.
- Species such as the greater short-nosed fruit bat are born with their eyes open (a sign of precocial offspring), whereas the Egyptian fruit bat offspring's eyes do not open until nine days after birth (a sign of altricial offspring).
- "Sosuga pararubulavirus" is a species of Paramyxovirus which is transmissible to humans. The Egyptian fruit bat is thought to be a natural reservoir species for the virus.
- The Egyptian fruit bat is found here during most of the year, but moves around according to the availability of fruit.
- Papillomaviruses were first detected in bats in 2006, in the Egyptian fruit bat.
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