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Heterogeneous taxonomic resolution of cytochrome b gene identification of bats from Argentina: Implications for field studies.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Caraballo Diego A, Montani María E, Martínez Leila M, Antoniazzi Leandro R, Sambrana Tomás C, Fernández Camilo, Cisterna Daniel M, Beltrán Fernando J, Colombo Valeria C
Abstract excerpt
Bats are among the most diverse, widespread, and abundant mammals. In Argentina, 67 species of bats have been recorded, belonging to 5 families and 29 genera. These high levels of biodiversity are likely to complicate identification at fieldwork, especially between closely related species, where external morphology-based approaches are the only immediate means for a priori species assignment. The use of molecular...
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