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species

Egyptian Fruit Bat
Rousettus aegyptiacus (É. Geoffroy, 1810)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Chiroptera - bats »  family Pteropodidae - fruit bats »  genus Rousettus

Scientific synonyms

Rousettus (Rousettus) aegyptiacus (E. Geoffroy, 1810)

Other names

= Egyptian Rousette

Least Concern LC

Images

Rousettus aegyptiacus - Egyptian Fruit Bat

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Rousettus aegyptiacus - Egyptian Fruit Bat

Author: Ivo Antušek

Rousettus aegyptiacus - Egyptian Fruit Bat

Author: Martin Pavela

Rousettus aegyptiacus - Egyptian Fruit Bat

Author: Simon Rerucha

Rousettus aegyptiacus - Egyptian Fruit Bat

Author: Simon Rerucha

Rousettus aegyptiacus - Egyptian Fruit Bat

Author: Libor Prudký

Rousettus aegyptiacus - Egyptian Fruit Bat

Author: Libor Prudký

Rousettus aegyptiacus - Egyptian Fruit Bat

Author: Simon Rerucha

juvenile animal

Rousettus aegyptiacus - Egyptian Fruit Bat

Author: Martin Pavela

Rousettus aegyptiacus - Egyptian Fruit Bat

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Rousettus aegyptiacus - Egyptian Fruit Bat

Author: Klaus Rudloff

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Included taxa

Number of records: 6

subspecies Rousettus aegyptiacus aegyptiacus (E. Geoffroy, 1810) - Common Egyptian Fruit Bat

Rousettus aegyptiacus aegyptiacus

subspecies Rousettus aegyptiacus arabicus Anderson & de Winton, 1902 - Arabian Fruit Bat

Rousettus aegyptiacus arabicus

subspecies Rousettus aegyptiacus leachi (A. Smith, 1829)
subspecies Rousettus aegyptiacus princeps Juste & Ibanez, 1993
subspecies Rousettus aegyptiacus tomensis Juste & Ibanez, 1993
subspecies Rousettus aegyptiacus unicolor Gray, 1870

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [29730]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Rousettus aegyptiacus (É. Geoffroy, 1810)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Rousettus aegyptiacus E. Geoffroy, 1810]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Rousettus aegyptiacus (E. Geoffroy, 1810)]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
DE Zootier-Lexikon [1579:nilflughund-rousettus-aegyptiacus]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 21 November 2018
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Rousettus aegyptiacus (E. Geoffroy, 1810)]

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