Egyptian Rousette
Rousettus aegyptiacus
Also known as: Egyptian Fruit Bat
Habitat
Canopy
Diet
FruiNect
Active Time
Nocturnal
Size
132 g
LCMammaliaChiropteraPteropodidae
Seasonal Activity
4,435 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
Traits
- Diet
- FruiNect
- Foraging
- Canopy
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Body mass
- 132 g
Photo
(c) Jakob Fahr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jakob Fahr
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Occurrence data from GBIF.