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Egyptian fruit bat

Rousettus aegyptiacus

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Field Notes

Description:

Bayb Egyptian fruit bat

Habitat:

East Mediterranean

Reference Links:

Egyptian Rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus Classified by NCBI Taxonomy), Egyptian fruit bat

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
denizozut
Diger yorumcunun da belirttigi gibi bu bir meyve yarasi degil
KarenL
Lovely spot! You might like to add this to the Bat Monitoring mission.
J.T.Layne
Great find, was this individual found in a shed/house? I'm not an expert on bats of Turkey, but I do know that this is not a fruit bat. This is most likely a species of vespertilionidae, due to the smaller mouth and wings compared to a fruit bat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Turkey#Order:_Chiroptera_.28bats.29

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PublishedMarch 17, 2012

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