Ecomorphological implications of the microstructures on the tongue of the fawn roundleaf bat, Hipposideros cervinus (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-409

  Sharma, R S K ^a   Vidyadaran, M K ^b   Zulkifli, I ^a   Azlan, J Mohd ^a   Sumita, S ^a   Azilah, A J ^a   Ho, O K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UPM   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HIPPOSIDEROS CERVINUS; INSECTA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032848563     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO98051     Document Type: Article

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