埃及果蝠 (Rousettus aegyptiacus) 是一種大蝙蝠，生活在非洲撒哈拉以南地區、埃及和阿拉伯半島等地的熱帶雨林、落葉林和灌木叢。牠們身上覆滿的毛皮可能是黃色、橘色或褐色的。牠們有灰黑色的大型翅膀，手指附近則呈現較粉紅的顏色。埃及果蝠有長長的口鼻部、扁扁的鼻子、又大又圓的眼睛，以及尖尖的大耳朵。牠們的平均身長為 15 公分，翼展約 60 公分，體重介於 80 至 170 公克。通常雄性的體型較大，體重也比雌性更重。
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The Egyptian fruit bat will eat 50-150% of its bodyweight in fruit every night.
The Egyptian fruit bat has been known to live in colonies of up to 9000 bats.
Egyptian fruit bats have an exclusively frugivorous diet and are ecologically important as seed dispersers.
The Egyptian fruit bat is a highly vocal species; they have been found to have the rudiments of language and communicate to conspecifics about specific topics such as food sources.
Egyptian fruit bats have been heavily researched due to their excellent navigation and echolocation.
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