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A new genus and species of vesper bat from West Africa, with notes on Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

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Hutterer, Rainer, Decher, Jan, Monadjem, Ara, Astrin, Jonas (2019): A new genus and species of vesper bat from West Africa, with notes on Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Acta Chiropterologica 21 (1): 1-22, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2019.21.1.001

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