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Deliberate insectivory by the fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus

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Barclay, Robert M. R., Barclay, Laura E., Jacobs, David S. (2006): Deliberate insectivory by the fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus. Acta Chiropterologica 88 (2): 549-553, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3768720

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