Rousettus aegyptiacus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)

Egyptian Rousette

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Rousettinae
Tribe : Rousettini
Genus : Rousettus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1810. Description des roussettes et des céphalotes, deux nouveaux genres de la famille des chauve-souris. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 15:86-108.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546703

Original name as described

Pteropus Egyptiacus

Other common names

Egyptian Fruit Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2119 (= MNHN A 70)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-2119

Type locality

Giza (Great Pyramid), Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Pakistan · Iran · United Arab Emirates · Oman · Yemen · Saudi Arabia · Turkey · Cyprus · Syria · Lebanon · Jordan · Israel · Palestine · Egypt · Sudan · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · São Tomé and Príncipe · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Malawi · Mozambique · Zambia · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004539

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Eleutherura unicolor

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

unicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.8.26.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/34c6b119-1b0b-4e87-b102-4b69566b704a

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994634

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Pteropus Leachii

(A. Smith, 1829)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

leachii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1875.11.3.2

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1e51febd-bae5-4016-b10f-074e6c93275a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/395688a2-3afd-44a2-8b3a-93cad217b767

Authority page

433

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310842

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

Lesson (1842:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Rousettus arabicus

J. Anderson & de Winton, 1902

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

arabicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.6.1.47

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/22ba6c38-9ba4-411d-979b-7a36dd7a0df6

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58720500

Authority publication

London

Rousettus aegyptiacus tomensis

Juste & Ibáñez, 1993

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

tomensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EBD 17495

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

124

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rousettus aegyptiacus princeps

Juste & Ibáñez, 1993

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

princeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EBD 18208

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

123

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus Egyptiacus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aegyptiacus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2119 (= MNHN A 70)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-2119

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546703

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Smith (1842:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Pteropus geoffroyi

(Temminck, 1825)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2119 (= MNHN A 70)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-2119

Authority page

197

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52681343

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rousettus aegyptiacus thomensis

Feiler, Haft, & Widmann, 1993

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

thomensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MTD B16753

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Faunistische Abhandlungen aus dem Museum der Tierkunde Dresden

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rousettus sjöstedti

Lönnberg, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sjostedti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

7

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus hottentottus

(Temminck in Smuts, 1832)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

hottentottus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.38124.a, RMNH.MAM.38124.b, RMNH.MAM.38125, RMNH.MAM.38126, RMNH.MAM.38127, RMNH.MAM.38128

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38124.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38124.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38125 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38126 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38127 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38128

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088734

Authority publication

Leiden

Rousettus aegyptiacus occidentalis

Eisentraut, 1960

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1959.450

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44733738

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus Geoffroyii

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

geoffroyii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

14

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Pteropus hottentotus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

hottentotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

14

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Xantharpyia collaris

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

collaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835391

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Rousettus Leachi

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

leachi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439523

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Rousettus aegyptiacus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aegyptiacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:125, 126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29730/22043105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rousettus aegyptiacus aegyptiacus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aegyptiacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rousettus aegyptiacus arabicus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

arabicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rousettus aegyptiacus leachii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

leachii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rousettus aegyptiacus unicolor

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

unicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Xantharpyia hottentota

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

hottentota

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534719

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Pteropus Ægyptiacus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aegyptiacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953723

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus collaris

(H. Lichtenstein, 1823)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

collaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

3, 5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229313 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229315

Authority publication

Berlin

Pteropus syriacus

(Stresemann, 1954)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

syriacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

1-177

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

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