BATS
(Pers. šabpara, mūš(-e)kūroffāš). All but two Iranian bat species fall into one of three geographic groups in Iran. Rousettus aegyptiacus is known from Baluchistan, Qešm island, and three sites near Jahrom in Fārs. Records indicate that it ranges across southern Iran wherever dates and other fruits are grown.
BATS (Pers. šabpara, mūš(-e)kūr; Ar. ḵoffāš). Surveys of the Iranian bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) fauna have been published by Blanford (1876), Misonne (1959), Lay (1967), Eʿtemād (1969), and DeBlase (1980). DeBlase (1980) recognized thirty-eight species of Chiroptera from within the political boundaries of Iran, and this study is the primary basis for this article.
Pteropodidae: Rousettus aegyptiacus is known from Baluchistan, Qešm island, and three sites near Jahrom in Fārs (
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