Status of the world's smallest mammal, the bumble-bee bat Craseonycteris thonglongyai, in Myanmar

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Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 456-463

  Pereira, Maria João Ramos ^a   Rebelo, Hugo ^b   Teeling, Emma C ^c   O'Brien, Stephen J ^d   MacKie, Iain ^e   Bu, Si Si Hla ^f   Swe, Khin Maung ^f   Khin, Mie Mie ^f   Bates, Paul J J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YANGON   (Myanmar)

^g Harrison Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bumble bee bat; Chiroptera; Craseonycteris thonglongyai; cytochrome b; Distribution; Echolocation; Genetics; Myanmar

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; RED LIST; SMALL MAMMAL;

ASIA; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; KWAI RIVER; MON [MYANMAR]; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); CHIROPTERA; CRASEONYCTERIDAE; CRASEONYCTERIS THONGLONGYAI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846092965     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605306001268     Document Type: Article

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