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Old World fruit bat
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Old World fruit bat: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Evolutionary relationships of the old world fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae): Another star phylogeny? Nov 15, 2024
Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Ecology and Evolution - Evolutionary relationships of the old world fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae): Another star phylogeny? Oct 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Australian Government - Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water - Pteropodidae. Jun 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - A Species-Level Phylogeny of Old World Fruit Bats with a New Higher-Level Classification of the Family Pteropodidae. Jan 26, 2024
Add new Web site: PNAS - Old World fruitbat phylogeny: Evidence for convergent evolution and an endemic African clade. Nov 03, 2023
Add new Web site: ScholarWorks at UMass Amherst - Food hardness and feeding behavior in old world fruit bats (Pteropodidae). Sep 22, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Evolutionary relationships of the old world fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae): Another star phylogeny? Jul 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Frontiersin - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - The Critical Importance of Old World Fruit Bats for Healthy Ecosystems and Economies. Mar 25, 2023
Media added. May 03, 2017
Added new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Old World Fruit Bat. Feb 17, 2008
Added new Web site: The World Conservation Union - Old World fruit bat. Feb 17, 2008
Media added. Oct 11, 2007
Article revised. Mar 16, 2006
Article revised. Feb 16, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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