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A second endemic land mammal for the Hawaiian Islands: a new genus and species of fossil bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

  • 1. Francis G. Howarth, & Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai'i. & Francis G. Howarth, & Deceased.
  • 2. Francis G. Howarth, & Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai'i.
  • 3. Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

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Ziegler, Alan C., Howarth, Francis G., Simmons, Nancy B. (2016): A second endemic land mammal for the Hawaiian Islands: a new genus and species of fossil bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). American Museum Novitates 2016 (3854): 1-52, DOI: 10.1206/3854.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/3854.1

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