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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.
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.
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 ...
Brief comparisons of number of whole brain neurons ... Egyptian fruit bat: 172,000,000 [41] ... One early suggestion was brain size (or weight, which provides the ...
A bat of uncertain affinities. It was the first fossil bat discovered in Africa and the largest bat of the Fayum succession, weighing up to 120 g (4.2 oz). This puts it within the size range of the 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 [8] Family ...
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
In comparison to megabats which feed only on fruit and nectar, microbats illustrate a range of diets and have been classified as insectivores, carnivores, sanguinivores, frugivores, and nectarivores. [6] Differences seen between the size and function of the canines and molars among microbats in these groups vary as a result of this.