<i>Micropteropus pusillus</i> (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

<i>Micropteropus pusillus</i>

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This Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit bat (Micropteropus pusillus) is shown with the Hepatocystis malaria parasite (inset).

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©Juliane Schaer

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