Discipline:

Vertebrate Zoology  Search this

Object Type:

Education and Outreach collections

Description:

This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.

Notes:

This is an articulated skeleton cast of a Greater Flying Fox. Greater Flying Foxes are the largest species of fruit bats. The skeleton cast is on a mount and the wings are outstretched. The wingspan measures to about 100 cm in size. The length of the skeleton is around 40 cm in size and about 40 cm high with the stand.

Number of objects in this record:

1

Record Last Modified:

23 Jul 2019

Topic:

Education & Outreach  Search this

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Eutheria, Chiroptera, Yinpterochiroptera, Pteropodidae, Pteropodinae

Scientific Name:

Pteropus vampyrus

USNM Number:

EO404714

See more items in:

Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/370d25384-ab82-48fa-a0fd-5c51ccad5042

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnheducation_14556344