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The Use of Molecular Phylogenetic and Morphological Tools to Identify Cryptic and Paraphyletic Species: Examples from the Diminutive Long-fingered Bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae: Miniopterus) on Madagascar

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Goodman, Steven M., Maminirina, Claudette P., Bradman, Helen M., Christidis, Les, Appleton, Belinda (2009): The Use of Molecular Phylogenetic and Morphological Tools to Identify Cryptic and Paraphyletic Species: Examples from the Diminutive Long-fingered Bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae: Miniopterus) on Madagascar. American Museum Novitates 3669: 1-36, DOI: 10.1206/652.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/652.1

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