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 speciesMammal 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 Geoffroy's rousette, R. amplexicaudatus 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 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.
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