Resolving a mammal mystery: The identity of Paracoelops megalotis (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3505, 2012, Pages 75-85

  Thong, Vu Dinh ^a,b   Dietz, Christian ^b   Denzinger, Annette ^b   Bates, Paul J J ^c   Puechmaille, Sebastien J ^d   Callou, Cécile ^e   Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Harrison Institute   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Hipposideros; Mammalia; Nomenclature; Taxonomy; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; HIPPOSIDEROS; HIPPOSIDEROS POMONA; MAMMALIA; PARACOELOPS; PARACOELOPS MEGALOTIS; RHINOLOPHIDAE;

EID: 84867052469     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3505.1.6     Document Type: Article

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