Saturday 28 February 2015

Species


The Mariana Fruit Bat (or Mariana Flying Fox)

Pteropus P. Mariannus from the family of Pteropodidae.

Examples of other organisms in its family: 
Philippine Dawn Bat, Large Samoan Flying Fox, Pygmy Fruit Bat, Swift Fruit Bat, etc...

How it came to the CNMI: 
Some scientists predict that its ancestors might have migrated from the West (i.e: Asia).

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