Rousettus
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| Egyptian rousette or Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegypticus | |
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| Genus: | Rousettus Gray, 1821
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10 species, see article. | |
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 noteworthy for being the only megabats capable of echolocation.
Classification
The genus consists of three subgenera (Boneia, Rousettus, and Stenonycteris), sometimes considered as separate genera:
- Genus Rousettus – rousette fruit bats
- Subgenus Boneia
- Manado fruit bat, R. (B.) bidens
- Subgenus Rousettus
- Geoffroy's rousette, R. amplexicaudatus
- Sulawesi rousette, R. celebensis
- 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
- Subgenus Stenonycteris
- Long-haired rousette, R. (S.) lanosus
- Madagascan rousette, R. (S.) madagascariensis
- Subgenus Boneia