Four species of long-eared bats (Plecotus, Geoffroy, 1818; Mammalia, Vespertilionidae) in Croatia: Field identification and distribution

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 75-88

  Tvrtković, Nikola ^a   Pavlinić, Igor ^a   Haring, Elisabeth ^b  

^a CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Croatia; External characters; Habitat; Long eared bats; Plecotus; Variability

Indexed keywords

BAT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

CROATIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

MAMMALIA; PLECOTUS; PLECOTUS AURITUS; PLECOTUS AUSTRIACUS; PLECOTUS KOLOMBATOVICI; PLECOTUS MACROBULLARIS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 22144474113     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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