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Contributed by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 2014-05-08

Samples: none

Size measurements: Phyllostomus hastatus (body mass 98 g), Pteropus alecto (body mass 667 g), Pteropus lylei (body mass 456 g), Pteropus poliocephalus (body mass 928 g)