🦇Egyptian fruit bat
The Egyptian fruit bat or Egyptian rousette 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. The common ancestor of the three species colonized the region in the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene. The species is traditionally divided into six subspecies. It is considered a medium-sized megabat, with adults weighing 80–170 g (2.8–6.0 oz) and possessing wingspans of approximately 60 cm (24 in). Individuals are dark brown or grayish brown, with their undersides paler than their backs.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 0.13 kg
- Body length
- 0.17 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 23 years
Everything we know about the Egyptian fruit bat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.13 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.13 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.17 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass2.6 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan23 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity316 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation116 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Egyptian fruit bat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderChiroptera
- ›familyPteropodidae
- ›genusRousettus
- ›speciesRousettus aegyptiacus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderBats · Chiroptera
- suborderMegachiroptera
- familyPteropodidae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderBats · Chiroptera
- suborderMegachiroptera
- familyPteropodidae
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