Rousettus aegyptiacus (E. Geoffroy, 1810) . Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15:96.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Giza .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Egypt, Cyprus, and Turkey, south to South Africa; Pakistan to Yemen; adjacent small islands.

SYNONYMS: arabicus, geoffroyi, hottentotus, leachi, occidentalis, sjostedti, unicolor .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Rousettus . Includes leachi and arabicus; see Hayman and Hill (1971: 11) and Corbet (1978c:38).