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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 ...
In this study, Kerth and his team analyzed hundreds of thousands of erythrocytes from hibernating bats (Nyctalus noctula) and non-hibernating bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus), as well as samples from ...
Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus), non-human primates contact with infected bat excreta, bushmeat consumption, or human-to-human transmission via bodily fluids (e.g., blood, saliva, vomit) Mediterranean spotted fever: Rickettsia conorii: dogs, rodents, other mammals tick bite Melioidosis: Burkholderia pseudomallei: various animals
The Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus), which has tested positive for Marburg virus and antibodies against the Ebola virus, though not the actual virus Henipavirus outbreaks overlaid on flying fox distribution map, with Nipah virus as blue icons and Hendra virus as red icons
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Subgenus Rousettus Gray, 1821. Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range ... (R.) aegyptiacus Geoffroy, 1810: a LC: Geoffroy's rousette. Subspecies: [47]
Genus Rousettus [45] Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) Geoffroy's rousette (Rousettus amplexicaudatus) Sulawesi rousette (Rousettus celebensis) Long-haired rousette (Rousettus lanosus) Leschenault's rousette (Rousettus leschenaulti) Linduan rousette (Rousettus linduensis) Madagascan rousette (Rousettus madagascariensis)