Stenonycteris is recognized as a different kind of genre Rousettus and defined the new tribe Stenonycterini including one species, S. lanosus.
Stenonycteris ni kutambuliwa kama aina mbalimbali ya Ghana Rousettus na hufafanuliwa mpya kabila Stenonycterini ikiwa ni pamoja na aina moja, S. lanosus.