WHITE-COLLARED FRUIT BAT                                                            (Megaerops wetmorei)

Rare and unique collection. The only living species ever found in the world  recorded at Tasek Merimbun, Tutong District. Their ecology and habitat have not been studied comprehensively but two pairs of its specimen were kept at the Brunei Museum collection which are collected during a research study of fauna and flora carried out at Tasek Merimbun in 1983-1984. 

Its fur is pale brown, lower back darker.  Large white tufts on side of neck extending onto back to form broken collar.  Interfemoral membrane narrow and sparsely covered with hairs an it tail very short or lacking. Muzzle cute, short and thick with one pair of lower incisors.  Rostrum of skull less upturned than in the Tailless Fruit Bat, Megaerops ecuadatus. 

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