Feeding adaptations in the hairs and ton
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D. J. Howell; Norman Hodgkin
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Article
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1976
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Scales on the hairs of pollinating bats spread out at an angle to the main hair shaft. In contrast, the hairs of most bats not associated with plants are relatively smooth. Both megachiropteran and microchiropteran flowerβfeeding bats show this divaricate scale structure which may aid i