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High diversity of pipistrelloid bats (Vespertilionidae: Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus) in a West African rainforest with the description of a new species

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Monadjem, Ara, Richards, Leigh, Taylor, Peter J., Stoffberg, Samantha (2013): High diversity of pipistrelloid bats (Vespertilionidae: Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus) in a West African rainforest with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 167 (1): 191-207, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00871.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00871.x

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