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DURING the autumn of 1946 a number of bats belonging to ten species were examined for malaria parasites. These included : 39 Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, 18 Rhinopoma microphyllum, 5 Asellia tridens, 13 Taphozous nudiventris, 57 Myotis myotis, 18 Myotis daubentonii, 17 Myotis nattererii, 78 Pipistrellus kuhlii, 45 Miniopterus schreibersii and 9 Roussettus ægyptiacus.
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MER, G., GOLDBLUM, N. A Hæmosporidian of Bats. Nature 159, 444 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159444a0
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