Mountain Fruit Bat (Rousettus lanosus)
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Description:
Mountain Fruit Bats (Rousettus lanosus) are a common bat of highland forests in East Africa. Specimens like this can be very important for understanding disease transmission; bats are suspected of harboring a variety of deadly diseases that can be transmitted to humans. Photo © Josh Engel / The Field Museum.