Variation in the diet of the greater mouse-tailed bat, rhinopoma microphyllum (chiroptera: rhinopomatidae) in south-western iran

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-70

  Sharifi, Mozafar ^a   Hemmati, Zeinab ^a  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bats; Feeding habits; Persia; Persian Gulf Littoral; Zagros Range; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

IRAN;

RHINOPOMA MICROPHYLLUM;

EID: 0036698890     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2002.10637923     Document Type: Article

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