Morphometric differentiation and species status of the allopatric fruit-eating bats Artibeus jamaicensis and A. Planirostris in Venezuela

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 65-71

  Lim, Burton K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allopatric sibling species; Artibeus jamaicensis; Artibeus planirostris; Morphometrics; Neotropical fruit eating bats; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004954858     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650521.1997.10383064     Document Type: Article

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