A new species of Chaerephon (Molossidae) from Madagascar with notes on other members of the family

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-248

  Goodman, Steven M ^a,b   Cardiff, Scott G ^c,d  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaerephon; Distributional records; Molossidae; New species; Western Madagascar

Indexed keywords

BAT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CHAEREPHON; MOLOSSIDAE;

EID: 12944300161     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/001.006.0204     Document Type: Article

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