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Terrestrial behavior and trackway morphology of Neotropical bats

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  • 1. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA & Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Institute, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA & Corresponding author: E-mail: m.jones@ku.edu
  • 2. Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA

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Jones, Matthew F., Hasiotis, Stephen T. (2018): Terrestrial behavior and trackway morphology of Neotropical bats. Acta Chiropterologica 20 (1): 229-250, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2018.20.1.018, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/15081109acc2018.20.1.018

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