Additional Info

• Class:Mammalia
• Family:Pteropodidae
• Scientific Name:Ptenochirus jagori Peters, 1861
• Common Name:Greater Musky Fruit Bat
• Description:Fruit bat with broad, dark head; short, stout muzzle; nostrils not elongated into tubes. Distinctive odor of “sweet musky cinnamon” present. Tail present. Claws present on both thumb and second digit and larger than Ptenochirus minor.
• Ecological Role:It acts as a key seed disperser and serve as prey item for other carnivorous animals.
• Distribution:Endemic to the Philippines, but absent in Batanes/ Babuyan and Palawan Faunal Regions.