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Benefit-sharing from DSI rests on the provider country's national framework. Where it requires bilateral benefit-sharing for DSI, those terms apply. Where it gives effect to the CBD multilateral mechanism, users of its publicly available DSI should share benefits through it: all users non-monetary benefits, as appropriate, and commercial users above set size thresholds also monetary contributions to the Cali Fund. Where it is silent on DSI, the position is not yet settled: check with the country's competent national authority, through the ABS service. Any terms agreed when the genetic resources were accessed still apply. Access and benefit-sharing questions are handled by the ABS service, not by the DataBank. Learn more →
No local or indigenous names recorded yet.
Native to Africa
Occurrence records: Recorded mostly in Africa. 227 of 245 GBIF records (93%) are from Africa (checked 10/18/2026). A hint from GBIF and the genomes on this Hub, not an assessment: GBIF includes zoo and travel records.
No genome track configured yet for Pteropus livingstonii. This panel will embed JBrowse2 once an assembly is available for this species.
No sequence records yet.
A real, citation-backed link between this species and a documented pathogen or wildlife reservoir host — see the Pathogen-Reservoir page (under One Health) for the full pilot list.
Documented pathogen associated with this species: Staphylococcus aureus Cosmopolitan
Staphylococci (including Staphylococcus aureus) were cultured from swabs from 44 bats (skin, oropharynx, mouth ejecta, skin lesions) and from their enclosure.
Evidence: Fountain K, Roberts L, Young V, Barbon A, Frosini SM, Lloyd DH, Loeffler A. DIVERSITY OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL SPECIES CULTURED FROM CAPTIVE LIVINGSTONE'S FRUIT BATS (PTEROPUS LIVINGSTONII) AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT. J Zoo Wildl Med (2019). https://doi.org/10.1638/2018-0121. PMID: 31120689. AFDSI-ASSOC-17
Curated by Ms. Sarah C. Ihenko (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) · ORCID 0009-0009-8896-7809 . Reviewed by the African DSI DataBank.