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A new dichromatic species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea

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  • 1. Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy), American Museum of Natural History, New York.
  • 2. Bat Conservation International, Austin, Texas.
  • 3. Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon.
  • 4. Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée, Conakry, Guinea.
  • 5. Centre de Gestion de l'Environnement des Monts Nimba et Simandou/Ministère de l'Environnement, des Eaux et Forêts, Conakry, Guinea.
  • 6. Guinée Ecologie, Dixinn, Conakry, Guinea.
  • 7. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.
  • 8. Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Simmons, Nancy B., Flanders, Jon, Fils, Eric Moïse Bakwo, Parker, Guy, Jamison D. Suter,, Bamba, Seinan, Douno, Mory, Mamady Kobele Keita,, Morales, Ariadna E., Frick, Winifred F. (2021): A new dichromatic species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. American Museum Novitates 3963: 1-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4438059, Hdl: handle/2246/7249, URL: http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/7249

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