<p>This is the biggest bat in <keyword id="12925" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Africa">Africa</keyword>, Hypsignathus monstrusos:</p>
<p class="float_right"><div class="image-container" style="width:620px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5165c511eab8eaca2f00000f-709-532/reeder-with-hypsignathus-monstrusosbiggest-bat-in-africa-2jpg-3.jpg?maxX=620" border="0" alt="Reeder with Hypsignathus monstrusos_biggest bat in Africa 2.JPG" width="620" /><p class="source">Bucknell University/DeeAnn Reeder</p></div></div></p>
<p>Holding the bat is researcher DeeAnn Reeder of Bucknell University, who has been studying the incredible diversity of bats in South Sudan.</p>
<p>The image of this giant specimen appears in our slideshow of Reeder's work in African country, where she recently re-discovered the "Badger" or "Panda" bat — a stunning animal with black and white stripes that was first seen in 1939.</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/badger-panda-bat-discovered-in-sudan-2013-4#">Now, check the badger bat &gt;</a></h2>

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This is the biggest bat in Africa, Hypsignathus monstrusos: Bucknell University/DeeAnn Reeder Holding the bat is researcher DeeAnn Reeder of Bucknell University, who has been studying the incredible diversity of bats in South Sudan. The image of this giant specimen appears in our slideshow of Reeder's work in African country, where she recently re-discovered the "Badger" or "Panda" bat — a stunning animal with black and white stripes that was first seen in 1939. Now, check the badger bat &gt;

This is the biggest bat in Africa, Hypsignathus monstrusos
Bucknell UniversityDeeAnn Reeder
Holding the bat is researcher DeeAnn Reeder of Bucknell University, who has been studying the incredible diversity of bats in South Sudan. 
The image of this giant specimen appears in our slideshow of Reeders work in African country, where she recently rediscovered the Badger or Panda bat  a stunning animal with black and white stripes that was first seen in 1939.

This Is One Darn Big Bat [PHOTO]

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