Late Pleistocene bat fossils from Anjohibe Cave, northwestern Madagascar

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-65

  Samonds, Karen E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anjohibe Cave; Chiroptera; Late Pleistocene; Madagascar; Subfossil

Indexed keywords

BAT; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBFOSSIL;

ANJOHIBE CAVE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MAHAJANGA;

CHIROPTERA; EIDOLON; HIPPOSIDEROS; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS; ROUSETTUS; TRIAENOPS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548485102     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[39:LPBFFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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