Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat
(Cynopterus brachyotis )

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MODEL DESCRIPTION: This model of the skull contains 127,201 10-noded tetrahedral elements and 220,270 nodes. Material properties are defined. Loads and constraints are described in the accompanying citation.

PROJECT: This model of a Less Short-nosed Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis ) was compared to a model of a Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) to evaluate how loads applied during feeding are transmitted to the skull.

ORGANISM: C. brachyotis is species of Old World fruit bat (Family Pteropodidae, Order Chiroptera) that is common throughout it's range in Southeast Asia.

CITATION: Dumont, E.R., J. Piccirillo, and I.R. Grosse. 2005. Finite element analysis of biting behavior and bone stress in the facial skeletons of bats. The Anatomical Record, 293:319-330.

CONTACT: For more information please contact Betsy Dumont.