Subfamily Pteropodinae Higher classification Pteropodinae Rank Genus | Family Pteropodidae Scientific name Rousettus Phylum Chordata Order Bat | |
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Lower classifications Egyptian fruit bat, Leschenault's rousette, Geoffroy's rousette, Madagascan rousette, Long‑haired rousette | ||
Egyptian fruit bat or egyptian rousette rousettus aegyptiacus cyprus
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 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.
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- Egyptian fruit bat or egyptian rousette rousettus aegyptiacus cyprus
- Egyptian fruit bat colony rousettus aegyptiacus
- Classification
- References
Egyptian fruit bat colony rousettus aegyptiacus
Classification
The genus consists of three subgenera (Boneia, Rousettus, and Stenonycteris), sometimes considered as separate genera:
References
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