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Hammer-Headed Bat

 

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Mammalia

Theria

Eutheria

Laurasiatheria 

Chiroptera

Pteropodidae

Hypsignathus

H. monstrosus

Hypsignathus monstrosus

 

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natural bone skeleton

articulated and mounted Spring 2011

BIO 270 class

Wesleyan College

 

 
 

adaptations for flight

pectoral region - note prominent clavicles; enlarged and ossified 1st costal ribs; enlarged manubrium

adaptations for vocalization

thoracolumbar region - note extension of thoracic cavity supported by multiple pairs of lumbar floating ribs

 


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