Greater musky fruit bat
| greater musky fruit bat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Ptenochirus |
| Species: | P. jagori |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptenochirus jagori (Peters, 1861) | |
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| Greater Musky Fruit Bat range | |
The greater musky fruit bat (Ptenochirus jagori) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. It was named by Peters for Fedor Jagor.[1]
References
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Ptenochirus jagori. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- ↑ Beolens, Watkins and Grayson (2009). "The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals". pp. 209-210. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9.
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