Rousettus is a genus of Old World fruit bats or megabats, referred to as rousette bats. The genus is a member of the family Pteropodidae. The genus consists of seven species[ Mammal Species of the World - Browse: Rousettus] 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
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Geoffroy's rousette, R. amplexicaudatus
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Egyptian fruit bat or Egyptian rousette, R. aegyptiacus
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Leschenault's rousette, R. leschenaulti
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Linduan rousette, R. linduensis
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Comoro rousette, R. obliviosus
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Bare-backed rousette, R. spinalatus
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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.
