Taxonomy Profile: Rousettus (Gray 1821)

Rousettus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Rousettus (Rousettus)
Gray 1821
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Rousettus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Chiroptera
bats |
morcego |
quiróptero |
Family : Pteropodidae
flying foxes |
Old World fruit bats |
megabats |
non-echolocating bats |
Subfamily : Rousettinae
Tribe : Rousettini
Genus : Rousettus
Rousettus Direct Children(s):
Rousettus amplexicaudatus
(E Geoffroy 1810)
Rousettus celebensis
(K Andersen 1907)
Rousettus madagascariensis
(G Grandidier 1928)
Rousettus spinalatus
(Bergmans and Hill 1980)
Rousettus aegyptiacus
(E Geoffroy 1810)
Rousettus leschenaultii
(Desmarest 1820)
Rousettus linduensis
(Maryanto and Yani 2003)
Rousettus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Don E. Wilson
Notes:
Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108
Reference for:
Rousettus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Rousettus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Order Chiroptera
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
312-529
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Rousettus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2019-01-01 / 2019-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats
Page(s):
1008
Publisher:
Lynx Edicions
Publication Place:
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN/ISSN:
978-84-16728190/
Notes:
Reference for:
Rousettus
Rousettus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Rousettus: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Does not include Lissonycteris (Bergmans, 1994, 1997; Juste et al., 1997; Peterson et al., 1995). Revised by Bergmans (1994); also see Peterson et al. (1995). A key to the genus was provided by Kwiecinski and Griffiths (1999), however, this genus includes at least one undescribed species. Three subgenera are often recognized (Rousettus, Boneia, and Stenonycteris), although see Bergmans (1994), who rejected use of subgenera for the African species