Opossums (Didelphidae) and bats (Noctilionidae and Molossidae) from the late Miocene of the Amazon basin

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-94

  Czaplewski, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; Didelphidae; Fossils; Miocene; Molossidae; Noctilionidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030057710     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382711     Document Type: Article

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