Greater musky fruit bat

greater musky fruit bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Ptenochirus
Species: P. jagori
Binomial name
Ptenochirus jagori
(Peters, 1861)
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

  1. 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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