Eidolon Rafinesque 1815 (fruit bat)
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Mammalia - Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
Parent taxon: Pteropodidae according to D. A. Burney et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Notopteris, Nyctimene, Propottininae, Pteropus, Rousettus, Turkanycteris
Subtaxa: Eidolon helvum
Ecology: volant herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Madagascar (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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