A new species of Chocoan Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae) from western Ecuador and Colombia

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-110

  McCarthy, Timothy J ^a   Albuja V , Luis ^b   Alberico, Michael S ^c  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bat; Chiroptera; Choc ; Colombia; Ecuador; New species; Sturnira

Indexed keywords

BAT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHIROPTERA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; STENODERMATINAE; STURNIRA; STURNIRA LUDOVICI; STURNIRA MORDAX;

EID: 33748665757     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2006)75[97:ANSOCS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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