Upon discovery, the Mindoro Striped faced fruit bat finally joined its relative, the Indonesian Styloctenium wallacei, under the same genus, They are usually referred to as the " flying fox" because of their facial features.
Striped-faced flying fox
Also known in the scientific world as Styloctenium mindorensis or Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat, this unusual creature was one of the Philippines ' newest discoveries. When explorer Jacob Esselstyn heard vivid descriptions from the locals of Batong buhay in Occidental Mindoro, he was skeptical at first.But not long after that, the discovery of the "flying fox", which turned out to be endemic to Mindoro , led to a formal description of the animal published in the August 2007 issue of the Journal Mammalogy.
Upon discovery, the Mindoro Striped faced fruit bat finally joined its relative, the Indonesian Styloctenium wallacei, under the same genus, They are usually referred to as the " flying fox" because of their facial features.
Upon discovery, the Mindoro Striped faced fruit bat finally joined its relative, the Indonesian Styloctenium wallacei, under the same genus, They are usually referred to as the " flying fox" because of their facial features.
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