Behavior and maintenance of captive white-winged vampire bats, Diaemus youngi

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-81

  Schutt Jr , W A ^a   Muradali, F ^b   Mondol, N ^c   Joseph, K ^c   Brockmann, K ^d  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Animal Disease Center ^*  (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c National Animal Disease Center   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Captive maintenance; Desmodus; Diaemus; Vampire bats

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; DESMODUS; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; DIAEMUS; DIAEMUS YOUNGI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0346339780     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383209     Document Type: Article

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