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| On the cranial osteology of Chiroptera. 1, Pteropus (Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 295 |
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| Title: | On the cranial osteology of Chiroptera. 1, Pteropus (Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 295 |
| Other Titles: | Pteropus (Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae) Cranial osteology of Chiroptera Cranial osteology of Pteropus |
| Authors: | Giannini, Norberto P. Wible, John R. Simmons, Nancy B. |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; no. 295 |
| Abstract: | "Although detailed anatomical descriptions of skull morphology are available for representatives of many mammalian orders, no such descriptive work exists for bats, a group that comprises over 20% of extant mammalian species. In this paper, we provide a detailed description of the skull of Pteropus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae) and establish a system of cranial nomenclature following the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria. Based on a series of specimens of Pteropus lylei, we describe the skull as a whole and the morphology of external surfaces of 24 bones (7 rostral, 16 cranial, plus the mandible) and 17 teeth. We describe internal surfaces and additional bones of disarticulated skulls of Pteropus livingstonii and use material from the same species to describe the middle ear ossicles and the petrosal bone. We include a description of the hyoid apparatus and larynx based on Pteropus tonganus and a description of the deciduous dentition based on Pteropus hypomelanus. Usi... |
| Description: | 134 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-119). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5677 |
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