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--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Rousettus
--> SUBGENUS Stenonycteris
SPECIES Rousettus (Stenonycteris) madagascariensis
Author: | G. Grandidier, 1928. | Citation: | Bull. Acad. Malgache, N.S., 11: 91. | Common Name: | Malagasy Rousette | Type Locality: | Madagascar, Beforona (between Tananarive [= Antananarivo] and Andevoranto). | Distribution: | Madagascar except SW region. | Status: | IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Subgenus Stenonycteris. Considered a subspecies of lanosus by Hayman and Hill (1977), but see Bergmans (1977). Revised by Peterson et al. (1995). Does not include obliviosus; see Bergmans (1994), but also see Peterson et al. (1995). |
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