A new genus for a rare African vespertilionid bat: Insights from South Sudan

ZooKeys

Volumn 285, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-115

  Reeder, Deeann M ^a   Helgen, Kristofer M ^b   Vodzak, Megan E ^a   Lunde, Darrin P ^b   Ejotre, Imran ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IN UGANDA   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Badger bat; Description; Glauconycteris curryae; Glauconycteris poensis; Glauconycteris superba; Niumbaha gen. nov.; South sudan

Indexed keywords

CHALINOLOBUS POENSIS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 84876026836     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.285.4892     Document Type: Article

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