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Hypsignathus monstrosus, Hammer-headed Fruit Bat
Dr. Nancy Simmons - American Museum of Natural History
Hypsignathus monstrosus
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American Museum of Natural History (AMNH 244355)

Image processing: Mr. Kevin Chovanec
Publication Date: 03 May 2007

male | female

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About the Species

This specimen, a male, was made available to The University of Texas High-Resolution X-ray CT Facility for scanning courtesy of Dr. Nancy Simmons of the American Museum of Natural History. Funding for scanning was provided by a National Science Foundation grant (DEB-9873663) to Dr. Simmons, and funding for scanning and image processing was provided by a National Science Foundation Digital Libraries Initiative grant to Dr. Timothy Rowe of the Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin.

Lateral view of skull

Dorsal view of skull

Ventral view of skull

About this Specimen

This specimen was scanned by Matthew Colbert on 28 April 2005 along the coronal axis for a total of 1625 slices. Each 1024x1024 pixel slice is 0.04465 mm thick, with an interslice spacing of 0.04465 mm and a field of reconstruction of 42.5 mm.

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Links

Hypsignathus monstrosus page on the Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology)

Literature
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Hypsignathus monstrosus
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To cite this page: Dr. Nancy Simmons, 2007, "Hypsignathus monstrosus" (On-line), Digital Morphology. Accessed March 29, 2024 at http://digimorph.org/specimens/Hypsignathus_monstrosus/male/.

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