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Integrative taxonomic analysis of new collections from the central Angolan highlands resolves the taxonomy of African pipistrelloid bats on a continental scale

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Taylor, Peter John, Strydom, Erika, Richards, Leigh, Markotter, Wanda, Toussaint, Dawn Cory, Kearney, Teresa, D., F. P., Woody, Cotterill, Howard, Alexandra, Weier, Sina Monika, Keith, Mark, Neef, Gӧtz, Mamba, Mnqobi L., Magagula, Siphesihle, Monadjem, Ara (2022): Integrative taxonomic analysis of new collections from the central Angolan highlands resolves the taxonomy of African pipistrelloid bats on a continental scale. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196 (4): 1570-1590, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac071, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac071

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