The diet of Myzopoda schliemanni, a recently described Malagasy endemic, based on scat analysis

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 311-313

  Rajemison, Balsama ^a   Goodman, Steven M ^b,c  

^a PARC BOTANIQUE ET ZOOLOGIQUE DE TSIMBAZAZA   (Madagascar)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c Vahatra   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Diet; Endemic; Madagascar; Myzopoda schliemanni; Myzopodidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; ENDEMIC SPECIES;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

MYZOPODA; MYZOPODIDAE;

EID: 34548479283     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[311:TDOMSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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