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Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon

  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences; Faculty of Science; University of Maroua, Cameroon, P.O. Box 814, Maroua (Cameroon) mangajes@gmail.com (corresponding author)
  • 2. Department of Biological Sciences; Faculty of Science; University of Maroua, Cameroon, P.O. Box 814, Maroua (Cameroon) filsbkw27@gmail.com
  • 3. Department of Biological sciences, Higher Teacher's Training College, University of Yaoundé I, P.O Box 812, Yaoundé (Cameroon) jltamesse@yahoo.fr

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Mongombe, Aaron Manga, Fils, Eric Moise Bakwo, Tamesse, Joseph Lebel (2020): Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon. Zoosystema 42 (24): 483-514, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a24

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