Rousettus
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| Rousettus | |
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| Egyptian Rousette or Egyptian Fruit Bat, Rousettus aegypticus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteropodinae |
| Genus: | Rousettus Gray, 1821 |
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10 species, see article. |
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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.
[edit] Classification
The genus consists of 3 subgenera (Boneia, Rousettus, Stenonycteris), sometimes considered as separate genera:
Genus Rousettus
- Subgenus Boneia
- Manado Fruit Bat, Rousettus (Boneia) bidens
- Subgenus Rousettus
- Geoffroy's Rousette, Rousettus amplexicaudatus
- Sulawesi Rousette, Rousettus celebensis
- Egyptian Rousette (Egyptian Fruit Bat), Rousettus aegyptiacus
- Leschenault's Rousette, Rousettus leschenaulti
- Linduan Rousette, Rousettus linduensis
- Comoro Rousette, Rousettus obliviosus
- Bare-backed Rousette, Rousettus spinalatus
- Subgenus Stenonycteris
- Long-haired Rousette, Rousettus (Stenonycteris) lanosus
- Madagascar Rousette, Rousettus (Stenonycteris) madagascariensis
