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Warm and cold receptors in the nose of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundas

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  1. Zoologisches Institut der Universität, D-5300, Bonn

    L. Kürten & U. Schmidt

  2. Zoophysiologisches Institut der Universität Hohenheim, D-7000, Stuttgart

    K. Schäfer

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Kürten, L., Schmidt, U. & Schäfer, K. Warm and cold receptors in the nose of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundas . Naturwissenschaften 71, 327–328 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00396621

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