Leschenault's rousette
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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Leschenault’s rousette lives in forests as well as urban areas.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Leschenault's rousette
- Scientific name
- Rousettus leschenaultii
- Japanese name
- デマレルーセットオオコウモリ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Genus
- Rousettus
Unlike most fruit bats, it sends out ultrasound and listens to the echoes, so it can fly even in pitch-dark caves.
How the Leschenault's rousette lives
It eats nectar and flowers as well as fruit.
上野動物園Basic data
- Size
- Head and body length: about 9.5–12 cm
- Weight
- 45–106 g
- Diet
- Fruit, nectar, and flowers
- Range
- South to Southeast Asia
Where the Leschenault's rousette has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 简体中文
- 棕果蝠
- 繁體中文
- 棕果蝠
- 한국어
- 데스마레과일박쥐
- Deutsch
- Leschenault-Flughund
- Italiano
- Rossetto di Leschenault
- العربية
- روزيتا ليسشينولتي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Codot leschenault
- Русский
- Пещерные крыланы
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 上野動物園 — デマレルーセットオオコウモリChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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Places that keep or show the Leschenault's rousette
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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