Postnatal development in the Indian short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx: Growth rate and age estimation

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-116

  Elangovan, Vadamalai ^a   Priya, Elangovan Yuvana Satya ^a   Raghuram, Hanumanthan ^a   Marimuthu, Ganapathy ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Cynopterus sphinx; Growth curve; Growth rate; Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BAT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE;

CYNOPTERUS SPHINX;

EID: 0041508323     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/001.005.0110     Document Type: Article

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