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Rousettes
Rousettus
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.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Egyptian Rousette
speciesRousettus aegyptiacus
Leschenault's Rousette
speciesRousettus leschenaultii
Geoffroy's Rousette
speciesRousettus amplexicaudatus
Madagascan Rousette
speciesRousettus madagascariensis
Comoro Rousette
speciesRousettus obliviosus
Bare-backed Rousette
speciesRousettus spinalatus
Linduan Rousette
speciesRousettus linduensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40844.