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A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species

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  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Eswatini, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Eswatini
  • 2. Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
  • 3. South African National Biodiversity Institute, PO Box 754, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
  • 4. Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Maasai Mara University, Narok 20500, Kenya
  • 5. MammalogySection,ZoologyDepartment,NationalMuseumsofKenya,POBox40658-00100,Nairobi,Kenya
  • 6. College of Arts & Sciences, Roosevelt University, 430 S Michigan, Chicago, IL 60605, USA

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Monadjem, Ara, Demos, Terrence C, Dalton, Desire L, Webala, Paul W, Musila, Simon, Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C, Patterson, Bruce D (2020): A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 190: 1-33, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa087, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa087

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