Sulawesi rousette

Weight

56.3 g – 63.1 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Frugivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The sulawesi rousette is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderChiroptera
5. familyPteropodidae
6. genusRousettus
7. SpeciesRousettus celebensis K. Andersen, 1907

Synonyms Pilonycteris celebensis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Egyptian fruit bat

Rousettus aegyptiacus

Pteropodidae

NT, Near Threatened

Leschenault's rousette

Rousettus leschenaultii

Pteropodidae

LC, Least Concern

Geoffroy's rousette

Rousettus amplexicaudatus

Pteropodidae

VU, Vulnerable

Madagascan rousette

Rousettus madagascariensis

Pteropodidae

VU, Vulnerable

Bare-backed rousette

Rousettus spinalatus

Pteropodidae

VU, Vulnerable

C

Comoro rousette

Rousettus obliviosus

PteropodidaeNo free photo yet

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@misc{sulawesi_rousette_2026,
  title = {Sulawesi rousette (Rousettus celebensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sulawesi-rousette},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}