Rousettinae Explained

The Rousettinae are a subfamily of megabats. Taxa within this subfamily include:

• Tribe Eonycterini^[1]
  • Genus Eonycteris
    • Greater nectar bat, E. major
    • Cave nectar bat, E. spelaea
    • Philippine dawn bat, E. robusta
• tribe Epomophorini^[2]
  • Genus Epomophorus
    • Angolan epauletted fruit bat, E. angolensis
    • Ansell's epauletted fruit bat, E. anselli
    • Peters's epauletted fruit bat, E. crypturus
    • Dobson's epauletted fruit bat, E. dobsonii
    • Gambian epauletted fruit bat, E. gambianus
    • Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat, E. grandis
    • Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat, E. labiatus
    • East African epauletted fruit bat, E. minimus
    • Minor epauletted fruit bat, E. minor
    • Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat, E. wahlbergi
  • Genus Epomops
    • Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat, E. buettikoferi
    • Franquet's epauletted fruit bat, E. franqueti
  • Genus Hypsignathus
    • Hammer-headed bat, H. monstrosus
  • Genus Micropteropus
    • Hayman's dwarf epauletted fruit bat, M. intermedius
    • Peters's dwarf epauletted fruit bat, M. pusillus
  • Genus Nanonycteris
    • Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit bat, N. veldkampii
• tribe Myonycterini
  • Genus Megaloglossus
    • Azagnyi fruit bat, M. azagnyi
    • Woermann's bat, M. woermanni
  • Genus Myonycteris
    • São Tomé collared fruit bat, M. brachycephala
    • East African little collared fruit bat, M. relicta
    • Little collared fruit bat, M. torquata
• Tribe Plerotini
  • Genus Plerotes
    • D'Anchieta's fruit bat, P. anchietae
• Tribe Rousettini
  • Genus Rousettus – rousette fruit bats
    • Genus Rousettus
      • Manado fruit bat, R. bidens
      • Geoffrey's rousette, R. amplexicaudatus
      • Egyptian rousette, R. aegyptiacus
      • Leschenault's rousette, R. leschenaulti
      • Linduan rousette, R. linduensis
      • Comoro rousette, R. obliviosis
      • Bare-backed rousette, R. spinalatus
      • Madagascan rousette, R. madagascariensis
• Tribe incertae sedis
  • Genus Pilonycteris
    • Sulawesi rousette, P. celebensis
• Tribe Scotonycterini
  • Genus Casinycteris
    • Short-palated fruit bat, C. argynnis
    • Campo-Ma’an fruit bat, C. campomaanensis
    • Pohle's fruit bat, C. ophiodon
  • Genus Scotonycteris
    • Zenker's fruit bat, S. zenkeri
• Tribe Stenonycterini
  • Genus Stenonycteris
    • Long-haired fruit bat, S. lanosis

Notes and References

1. Almeida. F.. Giannini. N. P.. Simmons. N. B.. 2016. The Evolutionary History of the African Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Acta Chiropterologica. 18. 73–90. 10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.003. 89415407. 11336/12847. free.
2. Almeida. F. C.. Giannini. N. P.. Desalle. R.. Simmons. N. B.. 2011. Evolutionary relationships of the old world fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae): Another star phylogeny?. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11. 281. 10.1186/1471-2148-11-281. 3199269. 21961908 . free .