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Lactation in male fruit bats

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  1. 410 Huron Avenue South, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y0X1, Canada

    Charles M. Francis

  2. Department of Biology, RhodeIsland College, Providence, Rhode Island, 02908, USA

    Edythe L. P. Anthony

  3. Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, USA

    Jennifer A. Brunton & Thomas H. Kunz

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Francis, C., Anthony, E., Brunton, J. et al. Lactation in male fruit bats. Nature 367, 691–692 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/367691a0

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