Anecdotal observations of seawater ingestion by flying foxes of the genus Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 455-458

  Iudica, C A ^a   Bonaccorso, F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b National Department of Health   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; DRINKING; SEAWATER;

CANIDAE; CHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS;

EID: 1642579586     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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