Abstract
This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of this mammal’s biology, including paleontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat, diet, mortality, and behavior. The economic significance and management of mammals and future challenges for research and conservation are addressed as well. The chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal, and a list of key literature.
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We would like to thank all Yossi Yovel’s lab members for sharing their past and current data information and care regarding this bat species. Special thanks for the help of Yomiran Nissan, Mor Taub, Lee Harten, Aya Goldstein, Sasha Danilovich, Grace Smarsh, Smadar Tal, and Kelsey Moreno. Special thanks to Uri Gophna’s lab the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University, especially to Lea Reshef, for helping us gain a profound bacterial knowledge regarding R. aegyptiacus bats. We wish to thank dear colleagues for enriching and useful discussions: Attila D. Sándor of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Gábor Árpád Czirják of Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin; and Carmi Korine of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
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Weinberg, M., Nissan, Y., Yovel, Y. (2022). Egyptian Fruit Bat Rousettus aegyptiacus (Geoffroy, 1810). In: Hackländer, K., Zachos, F.E. (eds) Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65038-8_80-1
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