A new species of Kerivoula (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from peninsular Malaysia

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Francis, Charles M ^a   Kingston, Tigga ^b   Zubaid, Akbar ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

DNA barcode; Kerivoula; Malaysia; New species

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY SIZE; GENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CHIROPTERA; KERIVOULA; KERIVOULA HARDWICKII; KERIVOULA INTERMEDIA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 34548477007     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[1:ANSOKC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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