Geoffroy's Rousette

Taxobox
name = Geoffroy's Rousette
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Rousettus"
species = "R. amplexicaudatus"
binomial = "Rousettus amplexicaudatus"
binomial_authority = É. Geoffroy, 1810The Geoffroy's Rousette, "Rousettus amplexicaudatus" is a species of old world fruit bats.

Distribution

The Geoffroy's Rousette occurs throughout the whole of Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, the island of Borneo, East Timor, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago, and Papua New Guinea.

Biology and Ecology

Specimens from Sabah Museum were collected from coconut plantations on Mantani Island and the highland of Crocker Range while the one from Sarawak was from Niah Cave. This medium-sized bat normally roosts in caves; feeds on fruit, nectar and pollen (Payne et al. 1985). It roosts dark caves, rock crevices and old tombs (Lekagul and McNeely 1977).

External Measurements

The Sabah Museum specimens had forearm length measurements between 82.22 to 86.76 mm for the females (NH3134, NH3142, NH3144) and an adult male from Sarawak (SM016/2) with FA 81.43 mm. The external measurements are within the range of 78 to 87 mm recorded by Payne et al. (1985) and 80-90 mm by Ingle and Heaney (1992).

External links

* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=19754 IUCN Red List]
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Rousettus.html Rousettus on Animal Diversity Web]