Social grooming in the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus 

@article{Wilkinson1986SocialGI,
  title={Social grooming in the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus
},
  author={Gerald S. Wilkinson},
  journal={Animal Behaviour},
  year={1986},
  volume={34},
  pages={1880-1889}
}
  • G. Wilkinson
  • Published 1 December 1986
  • Psychology
  • Animal Behaviour
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