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Checklist of the Helminth Parasites of South American Bats

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Santos, Cláudia Portes, Gibson, David I. (2015): Checklist of the Helminth Parasites of South American Bats. Zootaxa 3937 (3): 471-499, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.3

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