Recent surveys of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from China II. Pteropodidae

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-116

  Zhang, Jin Shuo ^a   Jones, Gareth ^b   Zhang, Li Biao ^c   Zhu, Guang Jian ^c   Zhang, Shu Yi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Conservation status; Distribution; Ecology; Fauna; Old World fruit bats

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONSERVATION STATUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; HAINAN; TAIWAN;

CHIROPTERA; CYNOPTERUS SPHINX; EONYCTERIS SPELAEA; MACROGLOSSUS SOBRINUS; MAMMALIA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; ROUSETTUS; SPHAERIAS BLANFORDI;

EID: 77953257859     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811010X504626     Document Type: Review

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