Rousettus Gray 1821

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Rousettus Gray 1821

Rousettus Gray 1821 , London Med. Repos., 15: 299.

Type Species: Pteropus aegyptiacus E. Geoffroy 1810

Synonyms: Cercopterus Burnett 1829 ; Cynonycteris Peters 1852 ; Eleutherura Gray 1844 ; Senonycteris Gray 1870 ; Xantharpyia Gray 1834 .

Species and subspecies: 10 species with 14 subspecies in 3 subgenera:

Subgenus Rousettus (Rousettus) Gray 1821

Subgenus Rousettus (Boneia) Jentink 1879

Subgenus Rousettus (Stenonycteris) Gray 1871

Species Rousettus (Rousettus) aegyptiacus (E. Geoffroy 1810)

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) aegyptiacus subsp. aegyptiacus E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) aegyptiacus subsp. arabicus Anderson and de Winton 1902

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) aegyptiacus subsp. leachii Smith 1892

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) aegyptiacus subsp. princes Juste and Iba±ez 1993

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) aegyptiacus subsp. tomensis Juste and Iba±ez 1993

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) aegyptiacus subsp. unicolor Gray 1870

Species Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus (E. Geoffroy 1810)

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus subsp. amplexicaudatus E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus subsp. brachyotis Dobson 1877

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus subsp. hedigeri Pohle 1952

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus subsp. infumatus Gray 1871

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus subsp. minor Dobson 1873

Species Rousettus (Boneia) bidens Jentink 1879

Species Rousettus (Rousettus) celebensis K. Andersen 1907

Species Rousettus (Stenonycteris) lanosus Thomas 1906

Species Rousettus (Rousettus) leschenaultii ( Desmarest 1820)

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) leschenaultii subsp. leschenaultii Desmarest 1820

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) leschenaultii subsp. seminudus Kelaart 1850

Subspecies Rousettus (Rousettus) leschenaultii subsp. shortridgei Thomas and Wroughton 1909

Species Rousettus (Rousettus) linduensis Maryanto and Yani 2003

Species Rousettus (Stenonycteris) madagascariensis G. Grandidier 1928

Species Rousettus (Rousettus) obliviosus Kock 1978

Species Rousettus (Rousettus) spinalatus Bergmans and Hill 1980

Discussion: 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.