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Introduction: The World of Bats

Bats are unique flying mammalians that occur worldwide feeding either on insects, fruits or even on blood depending on the species. Since they are active during the night, many myths have been launched during the last 500 years. All these facets are shortly considered here and prepare for a hopefull...

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Autor principal: Mehlhorn, Heinz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7121961/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39333-4_1
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description Bats are unique flying mammalians that occur worldwide feeding either on insects, fruits or even on blood depending on the species. Since they are active during the night, many myths have been launched during the last 500 years. All these facets are shortly considered here and prepare for a hopefully intense look into their hidden life.
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spelling pubmed-71219612020-04-06 Introduction: The World of Bats Mehlhorn, Heinz Bats (Chiroptera) as Vectors of Diseases and Parasites Article Bats are unique flying mammalians that occur worldwide feeding either on insects, fruits or even on blood depending on the species. Since they are active during the night, many myths have been launched during the last 500 years. All these facets are shortly considered here and prepare for a hopefully intense look into their hidden life. 2013-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7121961/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39333-4_1 Text en © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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