The morphology of the intestine of the entomophagous longfingered bat, Miniopterus inflatus: Mucosal topography and possible landmarks

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-27

  Makanya, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Entomophagous bat; Intestine; Landmarks; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMALL INTESTINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 0030624071     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03543171     Document Type: Article

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