A moveable face: Deconstructing the Microchiroptera and a new classification of extant bats

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Hutcheon, James M ^a   Kirsch, John A W ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Classification; Megachiroptera; Microchiroptera; Premaxilla; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BAT; DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

CHIROPTERA; CRASEONYCTERIDAE; EMBALLONURIDAE; MEGACHIROPTERA; MEGADERMATIDAE; MICROCHIROPTERA; NYCTERIDAE; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOPOMATIDAE; VESPERTILIO;

EID: 33744963170     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[1:AMFDTM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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