Rousettus
| Rousettus | |
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| Egyptian rousette or Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegypticus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Rousettinae |
| Tribe: | Rousettini Andersen, 1912 |
| Genus: | Rousettus Gray, 1821 |
| Species | |
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7 species, see text | |
Rousettus is a genus of Old World fruit bats or megabats. They are sometimes referred to as dog-faced fruit bats, or flying foxes. The genus is a member of the suborder Megachiroptera. The genus consists of seven species[1] that range over most of Africa to southeast Asia, and the islands of the south Pacific. They are among the few megabats capable of echolocation, and the only genus of megabats known to use vocal echolocation.
Classification[]
- Genus Rousettus – rousette fruit bats
- Geoffroy's rousette, R. amplexicaudatus
- Egyptian fruit bat or Egyptian rousette, R. aegyptiacus
- Leschenault's rousette, R. leschenaulti
- Linduan rousette, R. linduensis
- Comoro rousette, R. obliviosus
- Bare-backed rousette, R. spinalatus
- Madagascan rousette, R. madagascariensis
The species in the genera Boneia, Stenonycteris, and Pilonycteris were also formerly classified in Rousettus, but phylogenetic analysis supports them being their own genera.
References[]
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Categories:
- Rousettus
- Bat genera
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
- Fruit bat stubs