Fossil bats from quaternary deposits on Bermuda (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 148-152

  Grady, Frederick V ^a   Olson, Storrs L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Bermuda; Chiroptera; Fossil; Holocene; Lasiurus; Paleontology; Pipistrellus; Pleistocene; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

BAT; CAVE; FOSSIL RECORD; QUATERNARY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA;

CHIROPTERA; LASIURUS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; LASIURUS SEMINOLUS; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33644608444     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-179R1.1     Document Type: Article

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