Rousettus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Rousettinae
Tribus: Rousettini
Genus: Rousettus
Species (7): R. aegyptiacus – R. amplexicaudatus – R. leschenaultii – R. linduensis – R. madagascariensis – R. obliviosus – R. spinalatus
Name

Rousettus Gray, 1821: 299

Type species: Pteropus aegyptiacus E. Geoffroy, 1810, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Cercopterus Burnett, 1829
Xantharpyia Gray, 1843
Eleutherura Gray, 1844
Cynonycteris Peters, 1852
Senonycteris Gray, 1870

References
Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Rousette Bats
日本語: ルーセットオオコウモリ属

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 species[1] 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.
References

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: Rousettus