Pacific flying foxes (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Two new species of pteropus from Samoa, probably extinct

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3646, 2010, Pages 1-37

  Helgen, Kristofer M ^a,b,c   Helgen, Lauren E ^b   Wilson, Don E ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

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EID: 77950172405     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/614.1     Document Type: Article

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