Greater musky fruit bat instance of taxon
Taxonomy
The greater musky fruit bat was described as a new species in 1861 by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters. Peters placed it in the now-defunct genus Pachysoma, placing it in a new subgenus Ptenochirus. The holotype had been collected in the Philippine province of Albay. The eponym for the species name "jagori" is Fedor Jagor, who collected the first specimen.Description
The greater musky fruit bat's face is similar in appearance to a dog's. It has a short muzzle with tube-shaped nostrils and large eyes. Its ears are small and pointed at the tips. Both its head and its back are brown, though its head is a darker brown than its back. Individual hairs of the head and back are bicolored, with the base of the hair lighter than its tip. It has a dental formula of 2.1.3.11.1.3.2 for a total of 28 teeth.The total length of its head and body is approximately 125–131 mm (4.9–5.2 in). Its tail is 11 mm (0.43 in) long; its forearm is 86–87 mm (3.4–3.4 in) long; its ear is 17–18 mm (0.67–0.71 in) long; and its foot is 21 mm (0.83 in) long.
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