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Egyptian fruit bat

Rousettus aegyptiacus

Description:

Bayb Egyptian fruit bat

Habitat:

East Mediterranean

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5 Comments

Nedir? Onu belirtin o zaman...

denizozut
denizozut 10 years ago

Diger yorumcunun da belirttigi gibi bu bir meyve yarasi degil

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Lovely spot!
You might like to add this to the Bat Monitoring mission.

J.T.Layne
J.T.Layne 11 years ago

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_mam...

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Cool!

Adana, Adana, Turkey

Spotted on Mar 17, 2012
Submitted on Mar 17, 2012

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