The fishing bat Noctilio (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in the Middle Pleistocene of central Argentina

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 401-407

  Merino, Mariano L ^a,b   Lutz, Maria A ^a   Verzi, Diego H ^a,c   Tonni, Eduardo P ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Noctilio; Paleoclimates; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

BAT; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; TOOTH;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; NOCTILIO;

EID: 39149106002     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[401:TFBNMC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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