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Description of a new species of the Miniopterus aelleni group (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from upland areas of central and northern Madagascar
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Goodman, Steven M., Ramasindrazana, Beza, Naughton, Kate M., Appleton, Belinda (2015): Description of a new species of the Miniopterus aelleni group (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from upland areas of central and northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 3936 (4): 538-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.4
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