Chiropteran vomeronasal complex and the interfamilial relationships of bats

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-314

  Wible, John R ^a   Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Chiroptera; Jacobson's organ; Phylogeny; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002481358     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02077447     Document Type: Article

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