A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from central Africa

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作者：
Happold, M [1 ]
机构：
[1] Australian Natl Univ, Sch Bot & Zool, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
来源：
ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA | 2005年 / 7卷 / 01期
关键词：
Myotis sp nov; Myotis megalopus; central Africa; description;
D O I：
10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[9:ANSOMC]2.0.CO;2
中图分类号：
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号：
071002 ;
摘要：
A specimen of Myotis, collected by Jean-Paul Adam and later identified as Myotis megalopus, was compared with the holotype of megalopus and also with Myotis longipes from India and Afghanistan (which currently includes megalopus as a synonym). It was also compared with M bocagii (which is sympatric and similar in size), M daubentonii from Europe (which several authors reported as being very similar), and M scotti (another sub-Saharan African species of similar size). Based on cranial and external morphology and morphometric data, Adam's specimen was found to be a new species. It differs in having the combination of a very weakly concave forehead region of the skull, relatively long feet, wing membranes attached to the bases of the tibiae, and no backwardly-curved hairs on the margin of the interfemoral membrane. It was collected in a limestone cave at Loudima in the Republic of Congo, in degraded rainforest near a river.
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