TY - JOUR
T1 - A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from central Africa
AU - Happold, Meredith
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Central Africa
KW - Description
KW - Myotis megalopus
KW - Myotis sp. nov.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=23044481441&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[9:ANSOMC]2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[9:ANSOMC]2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
SN - 1508-1109
VL - 7
SP - 9
EP - 21
JO - Acta Chiropterologica
JF - Acta Chiropterologica
IS - 1
ER -