Mindoro Stripe-faced Fruit Bat
Styloctenium mindorensis Esselstyn, 2007
Also calledMindoro-Streifengesicht-Flughund (deu) · Mindoro-Streifengesichtflughund (deu) · Pipistrello della frutta dal muso striato di Mindoro (ita) · Prążkoliczek mindorski (pol) · Roussette de Mindoro (fra) · 민도로줄무늬얼굴과일박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Esselstyn, Jacob A. (2007). A new species of stripe-faced fruit bat (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Styloctenium) from the Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 88, No. 4.
The Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium mindorensis), nicknamed the "flying fox" for its foxlike face (although it is not a flying fox bat), is a species of large megabat that is endemic to the island of Mindoro. The Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat ranked sixth in the top ten species of 2008, selected by the International Institute for Species Exploration.
Aboriginal rock art dating back some 20,000 years, from near Kalumburu in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, depicts several bats similar to Styloctenium mindorensis hanging from a branch or vine. The paintings belong to a category of sophisticated rock art known as Bradshaws. The facial markings on the paintings are particularly clear and have led researchers to conclude that the subjects were either S. mindorensis or a closely related species.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. The Mindoro Stripe-faced Fruit Bat is probably crepuscular or nocturnal.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Between lowland forests and open land interspersed with some guava trees; dependence on forest is assumed but has not been verified.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Pteropodidae
breeding
Breeding. One Mindoro Stripe-faced Fruit Bat was pregnant with 30 - mm embryo in February.
Pteropodidae
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
S. mindorensis is a typical fruit bat, possessing modified forearms for flight, short-clawed hind legs and large ears. The bat shares many anatomical features with the rest of its genus, which was originally described from just one species. These include an overall orange pelage, a white stripe down the middle of the bat's rostrum and white spots above its eyes. S. mindorensis can be distinguished from the other member of its genus by its possession of multicusped lower and upper canine teeth.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5787466.