Representation of the body surface in the gracile, cuneate, and spinal trigeminal nuclei of the little red flying fox ( Pteropus scapulatus )

The body surface representation in the gracile, cuneate, and spinal trigeminal nucleil of the little red flying fox ( Pteropus scapulatus ) was examined. As in other species, it was found that any single cross‐section through all three nuclei contains a representation of most, or all, of the body surface. In the little red flying fox, however, this representation is arranged as a series of dorsolateral to ventromedially oriented bands, within which there are no apparent topographies. These bands are arranged in such a way that the spatial relationships between body regions in the representation do not reflect those at the periphery. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.