Bats harbor epidemic-causing agents such as the SARS ... Peng Zhou to Australia to collect fresh bone marrow samples from Australian black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto), freeze them in liquid ...

Fruit bats, particularly Pteropus species, serve as natural reservoirs of the Nipah virus. Yet the precise mechanism of transmission to humans remains poorly understood. While the animal husbandry ...

Pteropus dasymallus daitonensis Daito flying ... Late last year, a resident of Minami Daito Island spotted a young fruit bat bleeding in the street, apparently having been struck by a vehicle.