Rousettus aegyptiacus - #5532
Egyptian Rousette
Yellow color is from pollen.
Geographic Distribution
Senegal and Egypt south to South Africa; Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, S Syria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, S Iraq, S. Iran, Pakistan, NW India; islands in the Gulf of Guinea (São Tomé and Príncipe); adjacent small islands
Order/Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Rousettus
Specific Epithet
aegyptiacus
Image Location
Gabon, Ogooué-Ivindo province, Lope National Park, near Lope Hotel
Image Date
21 August 2018
Photographer
J Hall