Observations on the vomeronasal organ of Pteronotus macleayii and Pteronotus quadridens (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae)

Mammalia

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 288-292

  Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^a   Smith, Timothy D ^b   Rodriguez Duran, Armando ^c   Wible, John R ^d  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Puerto Rico)

^d SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incongruity; Mormoopidae; Mormoops; Pteronotus; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

BAT; MORPHOLOGY; OLFACTION;

CHIROPTERA; MORMOOPIDAE; MORMOOPS; MORMOOPS BLAINVILLII; MORMOOPS MEGALOPHYLLA; PTERONOTUS; PTERONOTUS DAVYI; PTERONOTUS MACLEAYII; PTERONOTUS PERSONATUS; PTERONOTUS QUADRIDENS;

EID: 34447267425     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2006.050     Document Type: Article

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