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The Egyptian fruit bat or Egyptian rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is a species of megabat that occurs in Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and the Indian subcontinent. It is one of three Rousettus species with an African-Malagasy range, though the only species of its genus found on continental Africa.
Rousettus is a genus of Old World fruit bats or megabats, referred to as rousette bats. The genus is a member of the family Pteropodidae. The genus consists of seven species [1] that range over most of Africa to southeast Asia, and the islands of the south Pacific. They are among the few megabats capable of echolocation, and the only genus of ...
The Egyptian fruit bat is the only megabat whose range is mostly in the Palearctic realm; [113] it and the straw-colored fruit bat are the only species found in the Middle East. [113] [114] The northernmost extent of the Egyptian fruit bat's range is the northeastern Mediterranean. [113] In East Asia, megabats are found only in China and Japan.
Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia anderseni) [14] Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia beauforti) [15] Negros naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia chapmani) [16] Halmahera naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia crenulata) [17] Biak naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia emersa) [18] Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia exoleta)
Philippine naked-backed fruit bat: D. chapmani Rabor, 1975: e CR: Halmahera naked-backed fruit bat: D. crenulata Andersen, 1908: a LC: Biak naked-backed fruit bat: D. emersa Bergmans and Sarbini, 1985: c VU: Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat: D. exoleta Andersen, 1908: a LC: Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat
East African epauletted fruit bat; East African little collared fruit bat; Eastern greenish yellow bat; Eger's long-fingered bat; Egyptian free-tailed bat; Egyptian fruit bat; Egyptian mouse-tailed bat; Egyptian slit-faced bat; Egyptian tomb bat; Eisentraut's serotine; Ejeta's yellow bat; Eloquent horseshoe bat; Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat
The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals. Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats) Subfamily: Pteropodinae. Genus: Rousettus. Egyptian fruit bat, R. aegyptiacus LC [8] Family ...
Egyptian fruit bat. The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals. Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats) Subfamily: Pteropodinae. Genus: Rousettus. Egyptian fruit bat, R. aegyptiacus LC