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Rousettus (rousette)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Pteropodidae

Taxonomy
Rousettus was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pteropodidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005), Burney et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Rousettus Gray
2005Rousettus Wilson and Reeder
2008Rousettus Burney et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYinpterochiropteraKoopman 1984
familyPteropodidaeGray 1821
genusRousettusGray 1821

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Rousettus Gray 1821 [rousette]
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Subg. Rousettus (Rousettus) Gray 1821
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Rousettus (Rousettus) aegyptiacus Geoffroy 1810 [Egyptian rousette]
Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus Geoffroy 1810 [Geoffroys rousette]
Rousettus (Rousettus) leschenaultii Desmarest 1820 [Leschenault's rousette]
†Rousettus pattersoni Gunnell and Manthi 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Rousettus pattersoni (198274)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Rousettus angolensis, Rousettus sp., Rousettus aegyptiacus (22074)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel Rousettus sp. (192424 192425)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Rousettus madagascariensis (92732 92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Rousettus angolensis, Rousettus sp., Rousettus aegyptiacus (22073)