A phylogeny of megachiropteran bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) based on direct optimization analysis of one nuclear and four mitochondrial genes

Cladistics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 496-511

  Giannini, Norberto P ^a   Simmons, Nancy B ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; CLADISTICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MEGACHIROPTERA; MELONYCTERIS; MICROCHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS;

EID: 0348011448     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2003.tb00385.x     Document Type: Article

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