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Karyotypes were prepared from skin biopsies of two animals at San Diego State University, stock cultures are frozen. The female karyotype is prepared with G-bands. Prominent secondary constrictions are present in the center of metacentric autosome, here placed last. The karyotype is similar to that of Peropus giganteus (Pathak).
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Hsu, T.C., Benirschke, K. (1977). Pteropus poliocephalus (Gray-headed fruit bat, flying fox). In: An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6436-2_5
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