Rudimentary finger claws in a flower-visiting phyllostomid bat

• Autorzy: Tschapka M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Słowa kluczowe

EN

evolution; Glossophaginae; Lonchophylla robusta; Pteropodidae; wing; animal anatomy; phyllostomid bat; bat; flight

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Chiropterologica
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: 10
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.177-178,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Tschapka M.

• Institute for Experimental Ecology (Bio III), University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany

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