A new species of Desmalopex (pteropodidae) from the Philippines, with a phylogenetic analysis of the pteropodini

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 815-825

  Esselstyn, Jacob A ^a   Garcia, Harvey J D ^b,d   Saulog, Mylanar G ^b   Heaney, Lawrence R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Haribon Foundation Quezon City   (Philippines)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d Conservation International ^*  (Philippines)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Flying fox; Fruit bat; Megachiroptera; Mindoro; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; CRANIUM; DENTITION; DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MINDORO; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ACERODON; MEGACHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS;

EID: 51349112488     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-285.1     Document Type: Article

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