PRELIMINARY STUDY ON Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) POPULATION DYNAMIC IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE, WEST AFRICA

Magloire, Niamien Coffi Jean; Kadjo, Blaise; Noel, Dago Dougba; Koné, Inza; Eliézer, N’Goran Kouakou

doi:10.18006/2017.5(6).890.898

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“…It was formerly termed a megabat grouped in the suborder Megachiroptera but is recently grouped in the taxonomic suborder Yinpterochiroptera based on phylogenomic and molecular data (Springer et al., 2001; Tsagkogeorga et al., 2013). The bats are nocturnal, move about in large colonies, and usually roost on trees close to human dwelling (Magloire et al., 2018). They play roles in plant pollination and geographical distribution, and have been reported to be used for certain traditional African ritual purposes (Peter‐Ajuzie et al., 2022).…”

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Microstructural characterization of the skin in the African straw‐coloured fruit bat, Eidolon helvum (Pteropodidae)

Peter‐Ajuzie,

Chukwu,

Igbokwe

2023

Anat Histol Embryol

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The African straw‐coloured fruit Bat, Eidolon helvum, is a Yinpterochiroptera bat that is of public health and ecological importance. This study investigated the light microscopic morphology, morphometry and histochemistry of the skin and its glands across the cheek, withers, croup, ventral abdomen, perianal region, wing membrane, intercrural membrane and foot pad of the species. Sweat glands were absent and hypodermis was observed only in the withers, croup and ventral abdomen. The croup had the highest density of hair follicles while the perianal region had the highest density of sebaceous gland acini. The thicknesses of the dermis and epidermis were significantly high in the withers and foot pad respectively. Hair follicles and sebaceous glands were absent in the wing membrane. The sebaceous glands had melanin pigmentation at the periphery and stained positive to Alcian Blue‐periodic acid Schiff at the withers and ventral abdomen. Epidermal and dermal thicknesses reported in this study were generally higher than those of Yangochiroptera bats and the presence of sebaceous glands and hair follicles in the wing membrane were variable in different bat species. This study has provided baseline information on the light microscopic morphology and morphometry of the skin and its glands across the various body regions in the African straw‐coloured fruit bat. This information would be helpful in the understanding, handling, skin disease treatment and management of the bat in captivity for biomedical research purposes.

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