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Flight parameters of the short-nosed fruit batCynopterus marginatus

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This paper presents the aerodynamic parameters, the structure and functions of the flight surface together with its radiographic information in the case ofC. marginatus.

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  1. Biophysics Laboratory, Physics Department, Nizam College, 500001, Hyderabad

    P. G. Puranik & G. Gopalakrishna

  2. Zoology Department, Post-Graduate Centre, 506009, Warangal

    N. Chari

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Puranik, P.G., Gopalakrishna, G. & Chari, N. Flight parameters of the short-nosed fruit batCynopterus marginatus . Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 83, 160–165 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03045705

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