Rousettus
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Egyptian rousette or Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegypticus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Rousettus Gray, 1821 |
Species | |
10 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 ten 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[edit | edit source]
The genus consists of three subgenera (Boneia, Rousettus, and Stenonycteris), sometimes considered as separate genera:
Pteropodidae (lythian fruit bats)[edit | edit source]
- Subgenus Boneia
- Subgenus Rousettus
- Geoffroy's rousette, Rousettus amplexicaudatus
- Sulawesi rousette, Rousettus celebensis
- Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus – Egyptian rousette
- Leschenault's rousette, Rousettus leschenaulti
- Linduan rousette, Rousettus linduensis
- Comoro rousette, Rousettus obliviosus
- Bare-backed rousette, Rousettus spinalatus
- Subgenus Stenonycterini
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