fruit bat images - Joel Sartore

A fruit bat (Lissonycteris angolensis) hanging with wings folded, from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

A straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) at the Tulsa Zoo.

Seba’s short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Seba’s short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Seba’s short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Seba’s short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Seba short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker