MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Rousettus aegyptiacus

Accepted taxon: Rousettus aegyptiacus
Taxon:	Rousettus aegyptiacus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Pteropodidae \| Rousettus \| Rousettus
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Rousettus aegyptiacus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 11, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 73, CP (Crude Protein) 6, EE (Ether Extract) 5. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Rousettus aegyptiacus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	75.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	16.67	Jérémy, F…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	8.33	Jérémy, F…

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Rousettus aegyptiacus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	Brian K. …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Volant	Volant	Brian K. …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Rousettus aegyptiacus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	S Africa	g	-	-	-	-	-	141.5	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Kenya	g	-	-	-	-	-	126.65	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Iran	mm	-	-	-	-	-	88.42	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Rio Muni	mm	-	-	-	-	-	98	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	São Tome island	mm	-	-	-	-	-	99.9	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Tanzania	mm	-	-	-	-	-	96	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Kenya	mm	-	-	-	-	-	94.5	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	S Africa	mm	-	-	-	-	-	92.8	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Mafia Island	mm	-	-	-	-	-	93.7	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Gabon	mm	-	-	-	-	-	96.7	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Yemen	mm	-	-	-	-	-	90.1	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Oman	mm	-	-	-	-	-	89.5	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Principe island	mm	-	-	-	-	-	91.3	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Sinai	mm	-	-	-	-	-	91.93	-	-	Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Rousettus aegyptiacus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Skull length	Principe island	mm	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	São Tome island	mm	-	-	-	-	-	45	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Gabon	mm	-	-	-	-	-	43	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Iran	mm	-	-	-	-	-	40	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Kenya	mm	-	-	-	-	-	43	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Oman	mm	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Rio Muni	mm	-	-	-	-	-	44	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	S Africa	mm	-	-	-	-	-	43	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Sinai	mm	-	-	-	-	-	41	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Yemen	mm	-	-	-	-	-	41	-	-	Molinari,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	McNab, B.…
Basal Metabolic Rate	nan	ml O2/h	7	7	-	-	-	123	-	-	Jérémy, F…
Basal Metabolic Rate Perc	nan	%	7	7	-	-	-	136	-	-	Jérémy, F…
GestationTime	nan	day	-	-	-	-	-	116	-	-	Jérémy, F…
Heart Rate Flight	Norway	bpm	-	-	-	-	-	444	-	5	Jérémy, F…
Heart Rate Resting	Norway	bpm	-	-	-	-	-	248	-	3	Jérémy, F…
MaxLongevity	nan	year	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	Jérémy, F…
SexualMaturityFemale	nan	day	-	-	-	-	-	365	-	-	Jérémy, F…
SexualMaturityMale	nan	day	-	-	-	-	-	365	-	-	Jérémy, F…
Weaning	nan	day	-	-	-	-	-	122	-	-	Jérémy, F…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	7	7	-	-	-	123	-	-	Genoud, M…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Rousettus aegyptiacus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Rousettus aegyptiacus	Cakenberghe,V. V., 2002, Evolutionary relationships between cranial shape and diet in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), Topics in functional and ecological vertebrate morphology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rousettus aegypticus	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Rousettus aegyptiacus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rousettus aegyptiacus	Molinari, J., A global assessment of the 'island rule' in bats based on functionally distinct measures of body size. Journal of Biogeography.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rousettus aegyptiacus	DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University).	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rousettus aegypticus	McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28.	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Rousettus aegyptiacus	Jérémy, F., Nia, T., Luc, B., Ana, B.L., Christian, K., Isabelle, L.V., Michela, P., Luca, S., Clare, S., Danilo, R. and Jasja, D., 2023. A species-level trait dataset of bats in Europe and beyond. Scientific Data, 10(253).	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rousettus aegyptiacus	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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