Species Rousettus aegyptiacus (E. Geoffroy, 1810) (Egyptian fruit bat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Chiroptera
  • ---- family: Pteropodidae
  • ----- species: Rousettus aegyptiacus
Characteristics:herbivore; body-length: 15cm, wing-span: 60cm; dark brown fur; pointy ears;
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0116
KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1003
Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
AT1201
Albany thickets
AT1202
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
AT1203
Montane fynbos and renosterveld
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 207
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/15641390
Date: 2011-09-15
Creator: Description de l’Egypte, Book 34 (1826), Volume I - Planches : Histoire Naturelle.
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Comments: Rousettus aegyptiacus
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