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. 2018 Dec;24(12):2228–2240. doi: 10.3201/eid2412.180740

Table 2. Bat species sampled for Ebola virus serology, Guinea, Cameroon, and the DRC, 2015–2017*.

Family Species DRC, no. Cameroon, no. Guinea, no. Total, no.
Emballonuridae
Coleura afra
0
5
0
5
Hipposideridae Hipposideros abae 0 0 37 37
H. beatus 0 4 0 4
H. cyclops 0 14 0 14
H. fuliginosus 0 2 0 2
H. gigas 2 9 2 13
H. jonesi 0 1 12 13
H. ruber/caffer 127 807 237 1,171
Hipposideros sp. 28 0 0 28
Subtotal

157
837
288
1,282
Miniopteridae
Miniopterus sp.
205
0
27
232
Molossidae Chaerephon sp. 0 0 44 44
Mops condylurus 0 0 110 110
Mops sp. 0 256 0 256
Mops/Chaerephon sp. 0 8 120 128
Subtotal

0
264
274
538
Nycteridae
Nycteris sp.
0
7
15
22
Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus alcyone 0 16 0 16
R. darlingii 3 0 0 3
R. fumigatus 0 0 19 19
R. landeri 0 0 6 6
Rhinolophus sp. 3 38 1 42
Subtotal

6
54
26
86
Vespertilionidae Glauconycteris variegata 0 3 0 3
Kerivoula sp. 0 1 0 1
Myotis bocagii 0 3 0 3
Neoromicia sp. 0 5 0 5
Scotophilus leucogaster 0 0 15 15
S. nigrita 0 0 1 1
S. nux 0 6 0 6
Subtotal

0
18
16
34
Pteropodidae Eidolon helvum 305 158 17 480
Epomophorus gambianus 0 0 191 191
Epomophorus wahlbergi 0 16 0 16
Epomops buettikoferi 0 0 4 4
Epomops franqueti 20 256 0 276
Hypsignathus monstrosus 1 176 8 185
Lissonycteris angolensis 22 30 32 84
Megaloglossus woermanni 1 19 0 20
Micropteropus pusillus 44 2 18 64
Myonycteris torquata 35 21 0 56
Rousettus aegyptiacus 0 131 228 359
Scotonycteris zenkeri 0 1 0 1
Subtotal

428
810
498
1,736
Inderminate species

34
23
30
87
Total 830 2,018 1,174 4,022

*DRC, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.