In pictures: the varied, beautiful bat
Published 11 Dec 2018, 11:02 GMT, Updated 8 Jun 2020, 17:00 BST
Egyptian fruit bats at a huge bat cave near Jacana Lodge in the Maramagambo Forest. The bats here have tested to have the Marburg virus.
A long-haired rousette, Rousettus lanosus, at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.
A big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus.
A large flying fox, Pteropus vampyrus, at the Columbus Zoo.
A Townsend's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii, at the Sulphur Creek Nature Centre.
Naked-tailed bats (Molossidae family) from Chitengo Camp in GNP
Yuma myotis, Myotis yumanensis, at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park in Eatonville, Washington.
An Indian flying fox , Pteropus giganteus, at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo.
A critically endangered Florida bonneted bat (Eumops floridanus).
A hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus, at the Sulphur Creek Nature Centre.
A greater fruit-eating bat, Artibeus lituratus, at the Lubee Bat Conservancy in Gainesville, Florida.
An island flying fox, Pteropus hypomelanus.
A female Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis, in Florida.
A greater spear-nosed fruit bat, Phyllostomus hastatus, at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo.
A lesser short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis, at the Lubee Bat Conservancy in Gainesville, Florida.
Seba's short-tailed fruit bat, Carollia perspicillata, at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.
