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Food habits of the threatened bat Leptonycteris niualis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in a mating roost in Mexico

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Sánchez, Ragde, Medellín, Rodrigo A. (2007): Food habits of the threatened bat Leptonycteris niualis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in a mating roost in Mexico. Journal of Natural History 41 (25-28): 1753-1764, DOI: 10.1080/00222930701483398, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701483398

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