Leschenault's rousette [SEP] parent taxon
Leschenault's rousette
Leschenault's rousette ("Rousettus leschenaultii") is a species of fruit bat. The scientific name of the species was first published by Desmarest in 1820.
Description.
Leschenault's rousette is brown to grey-brown in colour with lighter underparts. It has long pale hairs under the chin, an elongated muzzle and large dark eyes. The head and body length measures , the tail length measures and the forearm length is about .
Habits and habitat.
This bat species is found in
Leschenault
Leschenault may refer to:
- Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour (1773–1826), French botanist and ornithologist
- Leschenault, Western Australia, an outer suburb of Bunbury
- Leschenault Estuary, an estuarine lagoon to the north of Bunbury, Western Australia
- Leschenault, a former name of the Electoral district of Mitchell (Western Australia)
See also.
- Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko
- Leschenault's rousette
- Lechenaultia