Chromatic disorders in bats: a review of pigmentation anomalies and the misuse of terms to describe them

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Mammal Review

• Publication date

  2017-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/mam.12083
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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