Rousettus obliviosus

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Rousettinae
Tribus: Rousettini
Genus: Rousettus
Species: Rousettus obliviosus

Name

Rousettus obliviosus Kock, 1978: 208

• Holotype: ZMB 58207, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Alfred Voeltzkow on 3 August 1903.
• Type locality: “cave near Boboni, Grand Comoro”.

Native distribution areas

• Comoro Islands: Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Mohéli.

References

Primary references

• Kock, D. 1978. A new fruit bat of the genus Rousettus Gray, 1821, from the Comoro Islands, Western Indian Ocean (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Proceedings of the 4th International Bat Research Conference in Nairobi: 205–216.

Links

• Sewall, B.J. 2020. IUCN: Rousettus obliviosus  (Vulnerable) (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T19757A166527449. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T19757A166527449.en. Accessed on 15 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Comoros Rousette
français: Roussette des Comores
日本語: コモロルーセットオオコウモリ