Rousettus madagascariensis

Rousettus madagascariensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yinpterochiroptera

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: Rousettus madagascariensis

Name

Rousettus madagascariensis Grandidier, 1929: 91

• Holotype: MCZ 45432, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, received by G. Grandidier from the Académie Malgache in 1917.
• Type locality: “Malagasy Republic, between Tananarive [=Antananrivo] and Andevoranto, Grand Forêt de l'Est, near Beforona”.

Native distribution areas

• Madagascar, and the adjacent islands Nosy Be, Nosy Komba and Sainte Marie.

References

Primary references

• Grandidier, G. [1928] 1929. Nouvelle espèce de chauve–souris frugivore. Rousettus madagascariensis G. Grand. Bulletin de l'Académie Malgache (N. S.) 11: 91–93.

Links

• Andrianaivoarivelo, R., Andriafidison, D. & Razafimanahaka, J. 2019. IUCN: Rousettus madagascariensis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T19750A22002909. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T19750A22002909.en. Accessed on 15 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Madagascan Rousette
日本語: マダガスカルルーセットオオコウモリ

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