Acanthocyte Erythrocyte identified by numerous spiny cytoplasmic projections; similar to a Burr cell Acanthocytosis, condition in which the majority of erythrocytes are acanthocytes. Anemia ...

They compared the erythrocytes in the blood of two species of bats that are known to hibernate during colder months – Nyctalus noctula and Rousettus aegyptiacus – with those found in humans.