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New records of flying foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropus sp.) from Seram, Indonesia, with notes on ecology and conservation status

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Tsang, Susan M., Wiantoro, Sigit, Simmons, Nancy B. (2015): New records of flying foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropus sp.) from Seram, Indonesia, with notes on ecology and conservation status. American Museum Novitates 2015 (3842): 1-24, DOI: 10.1206/3842.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/3842.1

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