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Systematics Of Funnel-Eared Bats (Chiroptera: Natalidae)

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Tejedor, Adrian (2011): Systematics Of Funnel-Eared Bats (Chiroptera: Natalidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (353): 1-140, DOI: 10.1206/636.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/636.1

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