Little Collared Fruit Bat

Little Collared Fruit BatThis fruit-eating bat lives in forests and other habitats in Central and East Africa. Its back is dark rusty brown to yellowish brown; adult males seasonally develop yellow-orange staining on coarse throat and chest hairs.What does it look like?The back is dark rusty brown to yellowish brown, with paler, grayer shoulders, neck and head. In adult males, coarse hairs on the chin, throat and upper chest become seasonally stained yellow-orange by glandular secretions.How does it live?This fruit-eating bat lives in forests and other habitats in Central and East Africa. Its back is dark rusty brown to yellowish brown; adult males seasonally develop yellow-orange staining on coarse throat and chest hairs.It lives in lowland moist primary and secondary forests, among other habitats. In DR Congo, recorded fruit use varies with the season.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.