Systematics of the Pacific monkey-faced bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), with a new species of Pteralopex and a new Fijian genus

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-453

  Helgen, Kristofer M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cryptic species; Ecomorphology; Fiji; Melanesia; Morphometrics; Papua New Guinea; Pteralopex; Pteropodidae; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; PTERALOPEX; PTERALOPEX ACRODONTA; PTERALOPEX ANCEPS; PTEROPODIDAE;

EID: 27944456443     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200005001702     Document Type: Review

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