In pictures: the varied, beautiful bat

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.