Rousettus

Taxobox
name = "Rousettus"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Egyptian Rousette or Egyptian Fruit Bat, "Rousettus aegypticus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
subfamilia = Pteropodinae
genus = "Rousettus"
genus_authority = Gray, 1821
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 10 species, see article.

"Rousettus" is a genus of Old World fruit bats. 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 10 species [ [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13800393 Mammal Species of the World - Browse: Rousettus ] ] that range over most of Africa to southeast Asia, and the islands of the south Pacific.

*Geoffroy's Rousette "Rousettus amplexicaudatus"
*Angolan Rousette "Rousettus angolensis"
*Sulawesi Rousette "Rousettus celebensis"
*Egyptian Rousette or Egyptian Fruit Bat "Rousettus aegyptiacus"
*Long-haired Rousette "Rousettus lanosus"
*Leschenault's Rousette "Rousettus leschenaulti"
*Madagascar Rousette "Rousettus madagascariensis"
*Comoro Rousette "Rousettus obliviosus"
*Bare-backed Rousette "Rousettus spinalatus"
*Manado Fruit Bat "Rousettus bidens"

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