Evolutionary relationships among the African fruit bats: Rousettus egyptiacus, R. angolensis, and Myonycteris

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 766-774

  Juste B, Javier ^a   Ibáñez, Carlos ^a   Machordom, Annie ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Lissonycteris; Megachiroptera; Myonycteris; Phylogeny; Pteropodidae; Rousettus; Systematics

Indexed keywords

LISSONYCTERIS; MEGACHIROPTERA; MYONYCTERIS; MYONYCTERIS BRACHYCEPHALA; MYONYCTERIS TORQUATA; PTEROPODIDAE; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS; ROUSETTUS ANGOLENSIS;

EID: 0000083777     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382935     Document Type: Article

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