New records of bats (Chiroptera: Mammalia) from Malawi, East-Central Africa, with an assessment of their status and conservation

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 805-836

  Happold, M ^a   Happold, D C D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bats; Conservation; Locality records; Malawi; Status

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS FLAVESCENS; MAMMALIA; RHINOLOPHUS SWINNYI; TADARIDA; TADARIDA NIGERIAE; THYOLO; TRIAENOPS PERSICUS;

BAT; CHECKLIST; CONSERVATION STATUS; NEW RECORD;

MALAWI;

EID: 0030617815     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939700770401     Document Type: Article

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