Fruit bats throughout India are known to harbour the Nipah virus, with reports confirming its presence in bats across every ...

This bat loves to eat figs ... civet lives in trees and eats mainly fruit, and can sometimes be found in urban areas close to forests. The small Indian civet lives on the ground, eats everything ...

The Nipah virus caused the death of a 24-year-old in the Indian state of Kerala ... Nipah is most common in fruit bats, which live in wooded areas close to the highly populated state of Kerala.