Histological examinations of facial glands in Saccopteryx bilineata (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae), and their potential use in territorial marking

Zoomorphology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-43

  Caspers, Barbara ^a,b   Wibbelt, Gudrun ^a   Voigt, Christian C ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Olfactory communication; Saccopteryx bilineata; Scent marking; Sexual dimorphism; Skin glands

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; EMBALLONURIDAE; MAMMALIA; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 58549115036     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-008-0072-6     Document Type: Article

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