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Hammer-Headed Bat
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Class: SbCl: InCl: MgOr: Order: Family: Genus: Species:
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Mammalia Theria Eutheria Laurasiatheria Chiroptera Pteropodidae Hypsignathus H. monstrosus |
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Hypsignathus monstrosus
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natural bone skeleton articulated and mounted Spring 2011 BIO 270 class Wesleyan College
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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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Rev. 10.11