Shortened skulls and slimmer silhouettes: the Madagascar flying fox is no longer what it used to be. Researchers from the Field Museum in Chicago, led by Emily Cornelius Ruhs and Steven Goodman, measured 121 skeletons preserved in nine museums over 150 years of history. The verdict, published on October 29 in the ‘Journal of Mammalogy’, indicates a significant change in the species’ physical characteristics.
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