Castillo O, Lehmann H
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1977 May 27;492(1):232-6. doi: 10.1016/0005-2795(77)90230-6.
The myoglobin of the fruit-bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) has been investigated. It has 153 amino acid residues. When the possible therian ancestral myoglobin is taken into consideration, the myoglobin of the fruit-bat resembles most closely that of the hedgehog.